Seyed Ali Hosseini; Zahra Masoumi Bilondi
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The recent welcome of companies to capital increases from revaluations has highlighted the role of experts, and increasing trust on the work of experts has led to concerns about audit quality. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges and barriers to using expertise services in auditing and ...
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The recent welcome of companies to capital increases from revaluations has highlighted the role of experts, and increasing trust on the work of experts has led to concerns about audit quality. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges and barriers to using expertise services in auditing and ways to improve it. The research is qualitative and the data were collected through interviews with 17 auditors and Official Experts of Justice official and analyzed by theme analysis.According to the research findings, weakness of supervision, Lack of expert independence , limitations, structural inefficiency, reluctance of the auditor, non-compliance with the auditor's professional ethics, economic environment and communication problems and coordination of challenges and barriers to using expertise services were identified and rules and regulations improvement, strengthening infrastructure and promoting and developing expertise services, strategies to improve the use of expert services were identified. The results of the research can be useful in order to achieve effective use of experts in the audit process and as a result higher audit quality.
Mohammad Jafar Zivari Kamran; Hossien fakhari
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This paper is intended to provide a pattern for effective internal audit function and to recognize its components. The considered statistical group of this research includes experienced managers in public companies, members of audit committees and managers of auditing firms. This research is a descriptive-probative ...
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This paper is intended to provide a pattern for effective internal audit function and to recognize its components. The considered statistical group of this research includes experienced managers in public companies, members of audit committees and managers of auditing firms. This research is a descriptive-probative one and its purpose is fundamental. Theme analysis method was adopted in order to analyze qualitative data gathered from interviews. Coding process was performed in three separate phases of inputs, processes and outputs. According to results of theme analysis, identified components of an effective internal audit function categorized in Input phase were providing resources and facilities, independence of internal audit, transparency of information system, codified governance system of company, professional competency of employees and human resources policies. Also, components categorized in process phase were risk management, performance assessment, control approaches, promotion of internal auditors' skills, organizational relations and accordance to modern evolutions were recognized. In output phase, identified indicators of an efficient internal audit function were reporting quality, effectiveness of internal control systems and economic efficiency of internal audit activities. Finally, in order to examine the model from beneficiary’s perspective, current status of internal audit function was assessed. The results of single sample T test showed that effectiveness of internal audit is quite low in input phase. On the other hand, effectiveness of internal audit was rather medium favorable in process phase and normal favorable in output phase.