The audit society : (Record no. 89317)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780198296034
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number HF 5667
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Personal author Power, Michael
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The audit society :
Subtitle rituals of verification
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication Oxford :
Publisher Oxford University Press,
Date 1997
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description xix, 183p
520 ## - ABSTRACT
Abstract Since the early 1980s there has been an explosion of auditing activity in the United Kingdom and North America. In addition to financial audits there are now medical audits, technology audits, value for money audits, environmental audits, quality audits, teaching audits, and many others. Why has this happened? What does it mean when a society invests so heavily in an industry of checking and when more and more individuals find themselves subject to formal scrutiny? The Audit Society argues that the rise of auditing has its roots in political demands for accountability and control. At the heart of a new administrative style internal control systems have begun to play an important public role and individual and organizational performance has been increasingly formalized and made auditable. Michael Power argues that the new demands and expectations of audits live uneasily with their operational capabilities. Not only is the manner in which they produce assurance and accountability open to question but also, by imposing their own values, audits often have unintended and dysfunctional consequences for the audited organization.
650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
9 (RLIN) 12901
Subject term Audit
650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
9 (RLIN) 6881
Subject term Management
650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
9 (RLIN) 6187
Subject term Finance
650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
9 (RLIN) 13156
Subject term Governance
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last borrowed Price effective from Koha item type
    National Library of Medicine     Hirson Library (St Helier) Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves 21/11/2022 45.94 1 2 HF 5667 042221 13/03/2023 28/11/2022 21/11/2022 Book
    National Library of Medicine     Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Shelves 21/11/2022 45.94     HF 5667 061500 21/11/2022   21/11/2022 Book
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