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AcademicInfo - educational resources and subject guides since 1998. AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. Their mission is to provide free, independent and accurate information and resources for prospective and current students (and other researchers).
American Productivity and Quality Center site is devoted to TQM and Benchmarking issues. There is information about the Center, membership details, and services offered. The site also includes selected articles on benchmarking, reengineering, and total quality from their publication, Continuous Journey Magazine. For more information send message to apqcinfo@apqc.org.
Protiviti KnowledgeLeader Internal Audit and Risk Management Community is a resource for tools, best practices, white papers, risk models, and other materials that you can use on a daily basis to help you manage risk or improve your internal audit function. You are welcome sign up on line for a free 30-day trial. The purpose of the website is to help members save time and stay abreast of business and technology risks and other internal audit and IT audit issues.
Benchmarking and Best Practices Web site for the Treasury Board of Canada provides benchmarking and best practice information useful for auditors. The main page for their site also includes links to quality service guides for various aspects of government operations.
Benchmarking in Australia Site for a company specializing in developing, publishing and distributing resources for benchmarking for process improvement.
Benefits-L Internet Resource
- A comprehensive list of benefits resources for human resource professionals. This is an excellent point of reference for auditors and financial professionals to research and obtain background for reviews in the benefits area. Coverage includes health management, human resource information systems, payroll, ERISA, unemployment insurance, workman's compensation, and other benefit related issues. The coordinator also maintains an employee benefits list. To subscribe send a message to listserv@frank.mtsu.edu. Leave subject blank and type in the message area: subscribe BENEFITS-L (your name).Bureau of Economic Analysis
Web site for the Nation's economic accountant.Business Ethics Resources on WWW provides links to sites related to the subject.
Business Index Database ( Searchable database available from the University of Missouri Online Computer Library Center. Inlcudes over 800 business, management trade journals and newspapers in addition to business related articles from over 3,000 other publications. A legal resource index is also available from this site.
Business on the Web Management Guide
This is an excellent guide that auditors can use in evaluating the organizational decision to establish a Web site. The Guide includes a chapter on Security issues.Business Process Improvement On-Line The U.S. Department of Defense site that provides a wealth of resources on business process reengineering. The goal of the project is to reinvent and reengineer DoD funtional processes to achieve greater mission effectiveness at lower cost. The site includes an electronic college of process innovation including over 200 documents on reengineering, a lessons learned repository with a compendium of reengineering experiences, frequently asked questions and more. Auditors and accountants involved in business process reengineering should visit this site for details that may help them.
Business Process Resource Centre
at the University of Warwick provides links to other sites on the topics of reengineering business processes, discussion forums, a glossary of terms, articles, reports and documents.Business Research on the Internet is a tutorial on doing business research and covers online research basics, finding company information, keeping up with business news researching markets and industries and more.
Business Resources on the Internet
Web site provides a comprehensive list of business resources useful for auditors such as business information databases, directories, electronic publications and more.Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies is an independent strategic purchasing and supply management research organization. The site provides benchmark information for 27 industries as well as reports and surveys.
Continuous Quality Improvement Server
The CQI Server () at Clemson University's Department of Industrial Engineering supports global efforts in quality improvement and education in quality. CQI includes tutorials on CQI, links to the Deming Electronic Network, the Community Quality Electronic Network, discussion lists on tqm, and other quality related sites.Cost Performance Model for Assessing WWW Service Investments
is a set of tools designed to assist organizations in estimating the likely costs and benefits of developing a Web-based service. This is an excellent tool for auditors looking to evaluate the organizational cost and ROI for Web based services.Day-Timer Resource Library
provides online articles on time management.Economics of the Internet
Web site provides data on the economics of the Internet, Information Goods, Intellectual Propery and Related Goods. Worthwhile site for auditors looking for background information for Internet audits.EDIFICAS Schwiez awareness group formed to establish EDI accounting and auditing guidelines. Includes an excellent article The Auditor in the EDI Environment which discusses the auditors role, answers to new requirements, and the auditor's use of information technology. For more information send e-mail to auchli@firmnet.ch
European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group Web site for an interest group for accountants and auditors interested in the growing problem of spreadsheet errors.
Gordon Lewis & Associates
vendor that provides revenue recovery services primarily in the area of health insurance. This is an audit area that cuts across all types of industry sectors. While this site primary purpose is for marketing, there is a section of frequently asked questions about health insurance revenue recovery.HR Links
The Society for Human Resource Management maintains this homepage of human resource links on the Internte. The site includes links to information on compensation and benefits, diversity, flexible work arrangements, labor relations, safety and health and more.Information Management Forum
International association of information and business executives. Site provides information on strategic uses for information technology and implementation planning and management. Discussions include current trends, Year 2000 issues, and more. There are abstracts of reports on technology research, technology management, and transcripts of CIO presentations.Internet Resources for Economics Web site includes links to a variety of economic related information that auditors may find useful, such as economic indicators, census data, financial market data, World Bank data and more.
Knowledge World is a comprehensive Web site covering issues on knowledge management including a small business advisor, education center, white paper and more.
Locating U.S. Incorporation Records Online Web site provides links to Secretaries of State sites, official State corporation databases, IRS nonprofit data and more.
Locating Canada's Incorporation Records Web site with contact information for national, provincial and territorial public records.
Litigation Cost Control Resource Center
Web site dedicated to information on controlling the cost of litigation. A free Litigation Cost Control Manual and other advice is available by email.Management Link is a comprehensive site developed by Information Researchers at the Institute of Management's Management Information Centre. There are links to sites on management skills and management sources.
Nijenrode Business Resources
comprehensive list of business resources maintained by Nijenrode University in the Netherlands. Provides links to business resources on the Internet.site at the University of Oklahoma Law Center with links to pages on pension and employee benefits.
Professional Ethics Resources on the WWW provides links to sites on the subject.
Project Management Institute Web site for the organization for project management professionals includes information about the organization and available resources. The site includes a comprehensive Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The Guide is in pdf format and requires an Adobe reader (available for free). The Guide alone makes this site a sure bookmark for all auditors, accountants and financial professionals.
Quality Network site provides links to resources on quality management, ISO 9000, environmental and safety management. Will include environmental and safety management auditing advice.
Quality Online Forum is a subscription service available via dial-up or via the Internet. There are links to proprietary databases, resources, and other quality sites.
Researching Companies Online provides a step by step tutorial on finding company and industry information on the World Wide Web.
Software Program Manager's Network was created for managers of large-scale, software-intensive development/maintenance projects to more effectively manage by identifying best management practices, lessons learned, and support. Site has a number of useful guides including The Program Manager's Guide to Software Acquisition Best Practices.
Stock Market Yellow Pages is an investment research and business portal. The site gives you a list of exclusively public companies with a particular word or phrase in their description.
StudyWeb is a site designed for researching a variety of topics using the Internet. The business and finance category includes topics for accounting, economics, federal reserve banks, finance, glossaries, investing, and newspapers on the WEB.
Timeline Firnancial Reporting Forum
Site for accounting and business professionals designed by the company that develops financial management and reporting systems. The site includes a page of links to resources for accounting, financial, professional organizations, tax information and more.Wall Street Executive Library Web site provides links to business information and news sources. (Knowledge Resource).
WebEc is an effort to categorize free information in Economics on the Web. This is an excellent site for anything related to economics resources on the Internet.
Year 2000 Auditing and Accounting Guidance is provided by the AICPA. The report is available for download in Word, WordPerfect, PDF and RTF formats.
Year 2000 Information Center
site covers the issue of the date change to the year 2000. The site includes articles related to the issues, links to vendors that will assist in the process and links to other date related sites. There is information on subscribing to the Year2000 mailing list which will help stay up to date about the problem and solutions. Auditors should ensure that the information system professionals are starting the planning process now for this event. For more information send message toPeter de Jager (pdejager@year2000.com) .Year 2000 Page
from the Disaster Center provides information and links to many resources for auditors. Site includes general information on Year 2000 as well as compliance infomation.
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