Auditing Cases - Softcover

Frank A. Buckless; Mark. S. Beasley; Steven M. Glover; Douglas F. Prawitt

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ISBN 10: 0130800015 ISBN 13: 9780130800015

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1999

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Auditing Cases: An Interactive Learning Approach is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate Auditing, Professional Research Case, or capstone courses.

Step through real auditing cases one by one in this comprehensive text

Auditing Cases is a comprehensive case book that focuses on each of the major activities performed during an audit. Most of the auditing cases are based on actual companies, and a number address financial reporting fraud. The unique active learning approach helps students learn to think critically and develop their interpersonal skills, which are increasingly important in the workplace.

Teaching and Learning Experience

To provide a better teaching and learning experience–for both instructors and students–this program will:

Engage Students with an Active Learning Approach: The auditing cases capture students’ interest using lively narrative that introduces emerging accounting-related issues.
Easily Integrate Cases into your Course: The Instructor’s Resource Manual offers instructional approaches, activity ideas, and group assignments to merge the cases into an existing course.
Help Students See Concepts in Action: Cases are introduced according to the phase of auditing they demonstrate, presenting students with clear examples of the material.

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From the Back Cover:

This interactive casebook provides professionals with hands-on case activities for current and emerging issues in the audit profession. It offers a varied collection of 28 realistic auditing cases that address all aspects and most major activities performed during the conduct of an audit--from client acceptance to issuance of an audit report. Features cases involving actual frauds and real companies; cases involving the performance of audit procedures and examination of audit evidence; cases involving information technology, assurance services, and other value added opportunities; and more. For professional accounting firms providing continuing professional education (CPE) programs to their staff.

In recent years many accounting practitioners and academics have requested accounting educators to increase the emphasis on the development of students' critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills. Development of these types of skills requires a shift from passive involvement to active involvement of students in the learning process. Unfortunately, current course materials provided by many publishers are not readily adaptable to this more active learning environment. The objective of writing this casebook was to develop course materials that would provide students hands-on-exposure to realistic cases involving all aspects of the audit process.

This casebook contains a collection of 36 auditing cases that address most major activities performed during the conduct of an audit from client acceptance to issuance of an audit report. Many of the cases are based on actual companies, some of which were engaged in financial reporting fraud. Several cases involve students working with realistic audit evidence and preparing and evaluating audit documentation. Some of the cases expose students to assurance and other value added services.

The cases included in this book are suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students. At the undergraduate level, the cases provide students with active learning experiences that reinforce key audit concepts addressed by the instructor and textbook. At the graduate' level, the cases provide students with active learning experiences that expand the depth of their audit knowledge. Use of the casebook will provide undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to develop critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills.

The casebook provides a wide variety of cases to facilitate different learning and teaching styles. For example, several of the cases can be used either as in-class exercises or out-of-class assignments. The instructor resource manual accompanying the casebook clearly illustrates the different instructional approaches available for each case (e.g., examples of cooperative / active learning activities and identification of which cases are useful for brief in-class exercises and / or out-of-class individual or group assignments) and efficiently prepares the instructor for leading interactive discussions. To access this manual, log onto www.prenhall.com/beasley.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank our families for their understanding and support while writing this casebook. We would also like to thank our editor, Thomas Sigel, for his support with this endeavor.

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