Generic audit of management systems: fundamentals

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 279-294

  Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^a   Willborn, Walter ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit; Audit standards; Environmental audit; Quality audit; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043651     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900010344287     Document Type: Article

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