Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

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

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Assess the historic and current auditing regulatory environment.
• 1.2 Explain the rules of professional conduct for auditors.
• 1.3 Critically assess the rules of professional conduct for auditors.
• 2.1 Explain the legal and professional requirements when completing an audit.
• 2.2 Evaluate the importance of the legal and professional requirements on the performance of an audit.
• 3.1 Analyse audit strategy used in business organisations.
• 3.2 Assess the effectiveness of the audit monitoring process.
• 4.1 Discuss the risk involved in the audit process.
• 4.2 Analyse appropriate measures to minimise identified risk.
• 4.3 Explain the link between account preparation and the audit completed.
• 5.1 Assess current developments in auditing.
• 5.2 Assess the importance of the current developments in audit processes.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

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
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students