Question

Clinix is a medical office management franchise. There are currently twenty-five medical offices managed by a Clinix franchisee. One of the services provided to franchisees is assistance in training various staff members.

Clinix is preparing a manual for the front office staff to use as a reference guide. It will be used in training new employees as well. One of the reasons the manual is being prepared is to stress the importance of strong internal controls.

Instructions

Prepare a short paragraph (150 – 200 words), to be included in the training materials, describing the benefits of sound internal control activities, from the viewpoint of the employee.

Answer 1

Benefits of Sound Internal controls - from employee's viewpoint:

Employee must ensure themselves that they have done the work according to the policies and procedures laid down by the organisation.It will help them to understand the various procedural aspects of organisation. Sound Internal control activities helps employee to understand how they can safeguard company's asset against loss, unauthorised use and misappropriations. Internal control activities helps employees in performing their duties well as they have been provided a prescribed format of duties and responsilibities by the organisations.If an employee is observing any theft, misappropriation, he can report to the concerned manager.