June 13, 2011

Self-Assessment Helps Small Audit Departments Provide Big Returns to Their Organization

By Joel Kramer, MIS Training Institute

No matter how large or small an internal audit operation is, it needs to be visible to the organization to help clients and add value. One way an internal audit department can assess its visibility and value-added performance is to conduct a self-assessment of its audit operations, processes and methods. Self-assessment can be especially helpful to smaller internal audit departments that are tight on time, staff and other resources.