Evaluation of the Internal Control Practices

Internal control is the life blood of an organization that makes its operation come to fulfill the goal. Numerous recent global public breakdowns around the world in internal controls affected many organizations. These breakdowns have resulted in financial losses as well as enormous loss of reputation and customers. Evaluation of the internal control was done on five dimensions such as communication, control activities, control environment, monitoring, and risk assessment. Based on various evaluation results the author has come up with an internal control model that is applicable for any business practice to be ensured in reaching the goal of its operations.