This text is designed as a practitioner's guide to be used by auditors in their day-to-day activities. It focuses on the knowledge and skills required by an auditor to successfully perform an audit and provides the auditor with an up-to-date approach to auditing applicable to all organisations, small businesses, multi-national conglomerates, profit-making and non-profit making concerns, industries and the public service. Example worksheets are included. The audit process is described from start to finish. Furthermore, the provision of a management-based methodology gives a step-by-step guide to performing an effective and efficient audit.