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Approach to the Audit
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Lecture 9
Approach to the Audit
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Team spirit & co-operation = successful audit
Auditors set the “TONE” for the audit.
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Key Success Factor: Auditor Attitude
MUST BE POSITIVE/VALUE-ADD
I really am here to help.
I am not here to find fault.
We are on the same team.
Together we can find
opportunities.
This benefits the business.
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Relations between auditors and auditees
are critical for a successful audit. The
auditor influences these relationships by:
1. Understanding the communications process
2. Minimizing barriers to communication
3. Creating the climate for good communications
4. “LISTENING” carefully to auditees
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Recipient
decodes &
interprets
Feedback
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Communications Process
Sender
encodes
Message
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Barriers to effective communication
Physical
Intellectual
Psychological
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Find example for each of them
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Create a Climate for Good Communications:
• Space (where are you auditing?)
• Timing (what time of day?)
• Eye contact (how much?)
• Body language (watch and control)
• Cultural sensitivities (research if necessary)
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Space and Place considerations:
A l l o w “personal”space
R i g h t location (auditees work space
o
rconference room?)
Seating plan
Minimum physicaldistraction
D e s k between people may be a barricade
Auditor & auditees should be oneteam
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Time Considerations:
L e a v e auditees some time beforey
o
u
arrive
Respect auditees’ time & stayo
n
schedule
• Never too far ahead of schedule
• Never LATE
Consider:
customary timings
meals
siesta
closing time
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How much eye contact?
Western communication culture requires a lot
o
feye contact
Elsewhere close eye contact may be offensive
o
rimpolite
L a c k of eye contact doesn’t have to mean
attempt to hide information
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70% of Communication is NON-VERBAL
Body language
Postures, gestures, facial
expressions
Communicates mass o
f
information
Uncontrolled messages m
a
y
upset auditee
Common meanings
Cultural differences
Paralanguage
Dialect
Speed
Loudness, Softness
Coughs
Intonation
Breaks
Other matters
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Cultural Sensitivities
Audits may be carried
out i
nmulti-cultural
environment
B e aware of cultural
differences & sensitivities
Research specific issues
Understand how to establish
rapport with auditees
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Cultural Sensitivities - examples
Do I shake
hands with
everyone?
What is the private
space?
Beware of offensive
gestures!
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Good Listening is ESSENTIAL
Eliminate distractions
Listen forcontent
Suspend judgement
Listen forthemes
U s e spare time
S e e k clarification
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Bad habits to avoid (i.e. not listening)
Faking attention
Pre-occupation
Over-reaction
Interrupting the speaker
Listening without looking
Listening only to what we want to hear
Using listening time to collect the thought
¡NO!
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Interviewing – A CRITICAL Audit Step
Interviews provide essential objective evidence.
Good communications are essential to good interviews.
So, put the auditee AT EASE.
• Be Friendly.
• Explain why you are here.
• Ask for their help.
• Ask if they have questions.
• Show an interest in what THEY do.
• Explain your observations.
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Interviewing Technique
Interviews are not interrogations.
A s k questions in conversational
manner.
We a v e questions intogeneral
conversation.
D o not cross question.
Av o i d question answerexercise.
Aspects?!
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Questioning Technique for Interviews
Questions should:
y i e l d relevantinformation
n o t suggest answers
n o t contain emotive
words or implications
Three Question types:
o p e n questions
closed anddirect
questions
clarifying questions
Avoid leading questions
Don’t ask antagonising questions
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Open Questions - auditor friends
What? Why? Where? Who? When? How?
Yield informative answer
Limits - conversation may get side-tracked!
One way to avoid diluting:
Show me!
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Closed and direct questions
Closed questions- answer: Yes/No
Direct questions- answer: few words
Intended to yield very specificinformation
Disadvantages:
• do not bring much information
• if used too often may create impression of cross -
examination
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Clarifying Questions
Intended to clarify, retrieve full informationa
n
d
prevent misunderstanding
A l l o w to grasp fullpicture
Disadvantages:
• if used too often may create impression that you
were not listening
• are time-consuming
• if you are not prepared to listen in full don’t ask them