The audit sub processes, particularly in planning and field work, include contingencies such as business type, employee skill level, applicable laws, available audit workforce, available technology and systems, and deadline.
Daft (201) in his book wrote that contingency means one thing depends on other things and Contingency theory means: it depends. Audit functions are task-oriented and can be loosely structured. The functions also can vary considerably, depending on the area of a company under audit and the type of business model, so auditors must carefully manage their inspections and take variables into account to get the job done. The contingency theory also can be applied to an audit team‘s structure. Typically, audit team managers receive audit projects (Daft, 2010). They then create ad hoc audit teams for the projects, selecting auditors based on expertise and experience in the subject areas, and on auditor availability, all of which add up to contingencies for any given audit project. Audit teams use a mix of structure and contingency to get the output rolling quickly.
2.2.3 Stakeholder Theory
The stakeholder theory proposed by Freeman R. Edward (Freeman, 2004) is a theory of organisational management and business ethics that addresses morals and values in managing an organization. Stakeholder theory takes into account a wider group of constituents rather than focusing on shareholders. A consequence of focusing on shareholders is that the maintenance or enhancement of shareholders’ value is paramount whereas when a wider stakeholder group such as employees, providers of credit, customers, suppliers, government and the local community is taken into account the overriding focus on shareholder value become less self-evident.
Nonetheless many companies do strive to maximize shareholders value whilst at the same trying to take into account the interests of the wider stakeholder group (Kay & Silberston, 1995). One rationale for effectively privileging shareholders over other stakeholders is that they are recipients of the residual free cash flow (being the profits remaining once other stakeholders such as loan creditors have been paid) (Kay & Silberston, 1995). This means that the shareholders have vested interest in trying to ensure that resources are used to maximum effect, which in turn should be to the benefit of the society.
