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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

AB604 · Audit and Assurance — Week 13 of 16

CourseAB604
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Craap Test for evaluating sources

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the reasons for an internal audit.
  • 1.2 Outline internal audit principles.
  • 1.3 Review internal audit techniques used by business organisations.
  • 1.4 Outline the differences between internal and external audits.
  • 2.1 Review the current auditing regulatory environment.
  • 2.2 Explain the rules of professional conduct for auditors.
  • 2.3 Review current developments in auditing.
  • 2.4 Evaluate the value of a statutory audit.
  • 3.1 Analyse audit risk.
  • 3.2 Recommend measures to minimise audit risk.
  • 4.1 Explain audit processes and techniques.
  • 4.2 Evaluate the impact of the legal and professional requirements on the performance of an audit.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Craap Test for evaluating sources · YouTube · Talking Libraries and Books · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Writing Guide, 14.1: Locating Sources · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 460–461 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations and Objectives of Internal Audit
  • Week 2: Internal Audit Principles and Techniques
  • Week 3: Comparative Analysis of Internal and External Audit
  • Week 4: The Auditing Regulatory Environment and Statutory Value
  • Week 5: Professional Ethics and Auditor Conduct
  • Week 6: Contemporary Developments in Audit Practice
  • Week 7: Audit Risk Analysis
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Minimising and Managing Audit Risk
  • Week 10: Audit Processes and Evidence Gathering
  • Week 11: Audit Finalisation, Reporting, and Regulatory Impact
  • Week 12: Applying Audit and Assurance in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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