Domain 1 IA Operations - Audit Mgt Skills

Question 1

Audit Mgt skills can be broadly classified as

Answer 1

Conceptual
Human
Technical

Question 2

Are the audit mgt skills exhibited equally across mgt levels?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Audit Mgt Skills - Conceptual

Answer 3

Cognitive ability to see the org as a whole and the relationship among its parts
Requires ability to think strategically and creatively
Needed by all managers but especially important for mgrs at the top.

Question 4

Audit Mgt Skills - Human

Answer 4

Focus is on emotional needs of employees

Mgrs ability to work with and through other people and to work effectively as a group member

Question 5

Audit Mgt Skills - Technical

Answer 5

Understanding of and proficiency in the performance of specific tasks
Particularly important at lower org levels
Become less important than human and conceptual as managers move up in the hierarchy

Question 6

Order of importance of audit mgt skills - staff and senior auditor

Answer 6

Technical, human, conceptual

Question 7

Order of importance of audit mgt skills - audit supervisor and manager

Answer 7

Human, technical, conceptual

Question 8

Order of importance of audit mgt skills - audit executive or director

Answer 8

Human, conceptual, technical