Integrated Systems: A one day advanced auditing master class

Contribute to the Grand Unification Theory of Management
Dig in the dirt with Turtles
Transform your audit reports from Boring to Brilliant
Explore the Future of Humanity (and Auditors)

Integrated systems are the future of auditing.

Organizations can no longer afford to maintain separate quality, environment, safety and security groups. They all offer ways to reduce risks and increase value. Auditing can support this movement. Through a series of lectures and group workshops, you will define an integrated management system. Then you will use contemporary process study tools to develop truly useful audit checklists. By discovering patterns in audit data, you will learn how present reports that address business performance. The day will conclude with an examination of the future - of everything, not just auditing. We will explore accelerating technology change and the increasing intelligence of machines. How can auditors continue to add value in this environment?

You already know how to audit. You know about flowcharts and checklists and interviews and reports. It is time for new challenges. You will mix and mingle with other auditors and managers, from different business sectors, under the guidance of a leader in the profession. This is a master class, so come prepared to think and learn and contribute.

Presentation Outline

  • Lecture: common features of QESS
  • Workshop: identify major concepts
  • Lecture: customized checklists
  • Workshop: do turtles, identify source docs, and write checklist questions
  • Lunch break
  • Lecture: systems view and dump/chunk
  • Workshop: prepare finding sheets
  • Lecture: future of everything
  • Workshop: artificial intelligence and auditing

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Logistics

My fee for this course is 2,000 USD plus travel expenses. You provide meeting space, data projector for my laptop, food and beverages. You reproduce course notes from my master sheets (about 30 pages).