AUDIT SOCIETY P: Rituals of Verification - Brossura

POWER, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0198296037 ISBN 13: 9780198296034

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 1999

Riassunto

This book is the first systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. The author critically examines the reasons, means, and consequences of this audit explosion. He raises important questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust.

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Recensione:

Review from previous edition The book appears just when we need it ... a valuable book. (Financial Times)

This splendid book tracks what has been happening to the auditing profession in the context of the recent 'managerial turn' ... This is a breath of fresh air. (LSE Magazine)

This book is valuable precisely because of the obscurity of its subject. Very little has been written about the purpose, context, or process of auditing. This book, therefore, fills a gap. I would recommend this book for managers and physicians interested in understanding and appraising more critically the role of audit in their ogranisations. (Lois Quam, BMJ Volume 316, 1998)

This is a book for the times. It will resonate instantly with hard-pressed UK public-sector professionals. It is wide-ranging and perceptive, showing the fruitfulness of Power's original training in critical philosophy combined with his later specialization in financial accounting. The book provides the most coherent challenge to the audit explosion that has been offered to date. (Christopher Hood. Journal of Public Policy. 18/1/1998.)

..subtle, stimulating and important book. (Rudolf Klein. University of Bath. 1998.)

L'autore:

Michael Power is Professor of Accounting at the LSE, and has been a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance there since 1987. He has also worked as a financial auditor with Deloitte Haskins and Sells where he qualified as a chartered accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has also been a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolley zu Berlin. In 1989 he was made an associate member of the United Kingdom of Institute of Taxation and, from 1990, an associate scholar of the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels.

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• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198296037
• ISBN 13: 9780198296034
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 204