This document discusses performance audits which are used to systematically measure an organization's performance and identify opportunities to improve. It provides an overview of performance audits, comparing them to financial audits. Key aspects of performance audits include evaluating employee performance, job matching, goal setting, and career development. The document also outlines steps in conducting performance audits, common techniques used such as analysis and comparison, and how to ensure reliability of performance data.
This document discusses performance audits which are used to systematically measure an organization's performance and identify opportunities to improve. It provides an overview of performance audits, comparing them to financial audits. Key aspects of performance audits include evaluating employee performance, job matching, goal setting, and career development. The document also outlines steps in conducting performance audits, common techniques used such as analysis and comparison, and how to ensure reliability of performance data.
This document discusses performance audits which are used to systematically measure an organization's performance and identify opportunities to improve. It provides an overview of performance audits, comparing them to financial audits. Key aspects of performance audits include evaluating employee performance, job matching, goal setting, and career development. The document also outlines steps in conducting performance audits, common techniques used such as analysis and comparison, and how to ensure reliability of performance data.
organization to ensure optimum performance. ▪ Development, management and retention of talent ▪ Diagnose major issue ▪ Identify best performance opportunities ▪ Paper pencil or on online ▪ Quality and quantity ▪ Systematic performance measurement approach to identify the best performance improvement opportunities within the organisation. SCOPE OF PERFORMANCE AUDIT ▪ Performance expectations ▪ Frequency of performance evaluations ▪ Job profile matching ▪ Participative goal setting ▪ Career development through succession planning ▪ Fair performance appraisal FINANCIAL AUDIT VS PEROFRMANCE AUDIT Financial audit vs performance audit
FINANCIAL AUDIT PERFORMANCE AUDIT
Accuracy and correctness of Efficiency measurement
accounts
Routine job. Not focuses on Problems and process
problems and process Narrow focus Broad
figures People and resources
Special financial period Ongoing
Specific reports Diverse reports
Protocol bound not
Checklist for performance audit
▪ Performance checklist
Job performance - Attendance and job
operating procedure
▪ How the employees perform and degree
of compatibility of employee with organisation needs and expectation. Structure of performance audit
▪ Measuring the degree of professionalism-
any lapses in personal bias or methodological issue ▪ Measuring the efficiency- objective achievement and effective measurement ▪ Measuring the economy- economy or cost effectiveness of the performance. Steps in performance audit
▪ Development of assessment criteria
▪ Preparation Schedule ▪ The choice of audit tasks ▪ The choice of audit objectives ▪ Preparatory work ▪ Performance audit planning Methods and techniques of performance audit (procedures for achieving and Tools to measure the degree of performance goal achievement) ▪ Analysis- root cause for deviation ▪ Synthesis- correct the deviation ▪ Sorting- better the facts explored and reveal the interrelations. ▪ Comparing- performance data ▪ Generalisation- sorting + synthesis Statistical, mathematical and accounting Performance auditing-techniques
▪ Observation- analysing an activity
▪ Document study – in-depth study ▪ Interview- to understand the issue ▪ Questionnaire- to track the performance Performance data reliability audit