Audit article

Select from any professional literature within the audit industry during the past year.

1. Provide a summary of the case or the article.

2. A. Problem or Opportunity Statement (aka. the Critical Issue). Provide a single
statement of the critical issue present in the case or article. If several issues are apparent,
identify them in priority order. Generally, several problems are all symptoms of one
overriding problem. Try to abstract up to the overriding problem after the symptoms are
known

i. i.e. The critical issue is
B. Critical Factors. If applicable (using bullet points) the key factors that give evidence that
there is a problem or opportunity condition. Identify them in priority order. Explain why
they are relevant.
ii. Critical Factor #1
iii. Critical Factor #2
iv. Critical Factor #3
v. Etc.

Please provide a copy (or a link, pdf) of the article and the supporting
references to your writing. Provide a section on why you selected this article and how its
related to audit. In addition, provide a conclusion to your writing.

Assumptions and Contingency Planning

Company: The Company is Edward Jones – Product is the company is trying to introduce a new accounting and banking software that will revolutionize the accounting industry and transform banking services.

In this Milestone, you will submit the assumptions and contingency planning, in which you will clearly explain the assumptions you have made in creating your business implementation plan, any factors that may affect those assumptions or the success of the project, and how you have planned for those contingencies. At a minimum, you should discuss any cross-cultural, economic, and geopolitical factors that may impact the business environment and concept; how you will ensure that the project operates in a legally and ethically compliant environment, including relevant laws, regulations, or patents or permits that may need to be obtained; plans for incorporating stakeholder and customer diversity into planning and implementation of the concept; and the role corporate social responsibility will play in the implementation of you concept.

Critical Elements:
Explain the assumptions you have made in creating your business implementation plan, including a discussion of any factors that may affect the assumptions or success of the project, and how you have planned for those contingencies.
Discuss any cross-cultural, economic, and geopolitical factors that may impact the business environment and concept.
Explain how you will ensure that the project operates in a legally and ethically compliant environment, including relevant laws, regulations, or patents or permits that may need to be obtained.
Outline plans for incorporating stakeholder and customer diversity into planning and implementation of the concept.
Discuss the role that corporate social responsibility will play in the implementation of your concept.

Deliverable 6 Create An Abstract

Competency
Draft a paper that answers the research question based on findings.

Scenario
You are a first-year graduate student. You are taking a graduate course on research and writing. In this assignment, your professor has asked you to write the abstract of a research paper you are interested in writing.

Instructions
Your abstract should have sections summarizing the following:

Your purpose and research question
Your research methods
Your methods for data collection and analysis
Expected findings
Potential usefulness of your study
Resources

Deliverable 3 Challenges in Healthcare: Powerpoint

Competency
Analyze the challenges of economic and noneconomic barriers to improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare.

Scenario
Reforming healthcare delivery to improve the quality and value of care is essential to address escalating costs, poor quality, and increasing numbers of Americans without health insurance coverage. Reforms should improve access to the right care at the right time in the right setting.

You have been hired as an expert consultant for the American Medical Association (AMA) to deliver a presentation to a physicians group regarding various barriers to improving, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare. The AMA’s meeting is entitled “Healthcare Reform: Understanding the Obstacles that Hinder Us.”

Instructions
Research the following:

Three economic barriers to improving quality in healthcare
Three noneconomic barriers to improving quality in healthcare
Three economic barriers to reducing costs in healthcare
Three noneconomic barriers to reducing costs in healthcare
Three economic barriers to increasing access to healthcare
Three noneconomic barriers to increasing access to healthcare
Create a voiceover PowerPoint presentation, providing the physicians group with the information you’ve gathered on the economic and noneconomic barriers to improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare in the United States.

Resources

APA formatting for the reference list, and proper grammar, punctuation, and form are required. APA help is available here.

Click this link for help on creating a PowerPoint presentation.

Click this link for help on creating an audio recording for a PowerPoint presentation.