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Design of Internal Control

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Importance Of Internal Control Design And Its Implications
Design of internal control is a critical phase for overall cost-effectiveness of internal control, because internal control affects the process continuously. Correction of poorly designed internal control can prove hard because, once built, a process and its internal control are intertwined. No organization nowadays can afford ineffective and inefficient internal control.
A careful concurrent design of both process itself and its internal control is a prerequisite of effective and efficient internal control. The designer should identify what are right things to do in the process and what are the risks affecting them. He/she should design internal control that supports doing those right things efficiently and respecting rules. In addition, in order to know whether this is the case or not he/she should identify key control information describing attainment of the aforementioned objectives and find a way to obtain that information.
Tips
19.09.2006 - 13.10.2009

Example -
A Procurement Process


Main Control Objectives
03.10.2006 - 27.10.2009
Detailed Control Objectives
17.10.2006 - 02.11.2009
Realization Of Internal Control Structure
31.10.2006