Discuss whether a firm with fewer employees than there are incompatible tasks should rely more heavily on general authority than specific authority. An organization’s internal audit department is...

Discuss whether a firm with fewer employees

than there are incompatible tasks should rely

more heavily on general authority than specific

authority.

An organization’s internal audit department is

usually considered to be an effective control

mechanism for evaluating the organization’s internal control structure. The Birch Company’s internal auditing function reports directly to the

controller. Comment on the effectiveness of this

organizational structure.