Operational Review Workbook : Case Studies, Forms, and Exercises

Operational Review Workbook : Case Studies, Forms, and Exercises

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Practical, proven tools for conducting successful operational reviews

An operational review evaluates management's conformity with plans and resource allocations, organizational structure, operating procedures, processes, and controls. In today's volatile marketplace, organizations must do everything possible to ensure their operations are running most economically and effectively to maximize desired results. In such a competitive environment, operational reviews have become increasingly important. The Operational Review Workbook not only gives readers a better understanding of the concepts behind operational reviews but also enables them to conduct reviews with more confidence and authority.

A companion to Rob Reider's Operational Review: Maximum Results at Efficient Costs, Third Edition, the Workbook explains the benefits of a review and offers step-by-step guidance through its various stages. In addition to the author's incisive analysis, this practical guide:

Includes case studies, checklists, forms, and exercises
Reinforces the fundamental principles necessary to perform an operational review
Presents in a step-by-step manner how an operational review should be performed
Shows how to judge a review's results and make recommendations to management
Demonstrates how to use tools and techniques such as financial statement analysis, verification of data accuracy, determination of compliance with laws and regulations, development and understanding of ratio change and trend analysis, use of systems and layout flowcharts, effective interviewing techniques, and preparation and use of survey forms, questionnaires, and checklists
Integrates operational review concepts with other analytical processes such as benchmarking strategies and activity-based costing principles

The Operational Review Workbook delivers all the tools needed to successfully conduct an operational review of the organization, department, or activity. CEOs, operations management and staff, internal and external consultants and auditors, CFOs and controllers, and other organizational stakeholders will find Reider's incomparable guide an invaluable addition to their professional libraries.

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Practical, proven tools for conducting successful operational reviews

Includes case studies, checklists, forms, and exercises
Reinforces the fundamental principles necessary to perform an operational review
Presents in a step-by-step manner how an operational review should be performed
Shows how to judge a review's results and make recommendations to management
Demonstrates how to use tools and techniques such as financial statement analysis, verification of data accuracy, determination of compliance with laws and regulations, development and understanding of ratio change and trend analysis, use of systems and layout flowcharts, effective interviewing techniques, and preparation and use of survey forms, questionnaires, and checklists
Integrates operational review concepts with other analytical processes such as benchmarking strategies and activity-based costing principles

The Operational Review Workbook delivers all the tools needed to successfully conduct an operational review of the organization, department, or activity. CEOs, operations management and staff, internal and external consultants and auditors, CFOs and controllers, and other organizational stakeholders will find Reider's incomparable guide an invaluable addition to their professional libraries.

Operational Review Workbook : Case Studies, Forms, and Exercises

Operational Review Workbook : Case Studies, Forms, and Exercises,Rob Reider,Wiley,0471228117,Accounting - General,Auditing - General,Auditing, Internal,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Case studies,Business & Economics / Auditing,Management accounting

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