TY - JOUR T1 - Internal Auditing in Commercial Banks AU - Mohamed Idiab, Ali Idiab AU - Sabri Bin Haron, Mohamad AU - Bin Hj. Ahmad, Shofian JO - International Business Management VL - 5 IS - 6 SP - 287 EP - 294 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2011.287.294 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2011.287.294 KW - Historical development KW -internal auditing banks KW -commercial banks KW -external auditing KW -Malaysia AB - Internal auditing has witnessed enormous development in many aspects over last two decades. In the practical performance of internal auditing function, this was a limited activity, restricted in investigation and auditing of financial and accountancy processes. Later, it came to investigate and audit all processes and even became eyes and ears of higher administration. With many economical developments that have occurred and spread of many commercial banks, failure of conditions within various commercial banks and appearance of many professional reports that evaluate governmental control systems during last two decades there is a need for a greater role in verification and evaluation of control dealing with risks. A considerable amount of professional reports confirmed importance and role of internal auditing, inspection and evaluation of control systems and specification and evaluation of dealing with all risks that commercial banks are confronted by. As a result of orientation of organized status of internal auditing, commercial banks moved towards sole independence by coming under supervision of an audition administration committee which board of directors depends upon to acquire authenticated data. Initially, internal auditing was connected to external auditing and it adopted many of methods. In some commercial banks, programs and plans of internal auditing were arranged in accordance with methods and styles of external auditing. However as internal auditing developed as a function and profession, it came to have its own methods and procedures besides private mechanisms which are based upon experience of practical performance, helped by results of theoretical scientific research which deals with study of internal auditing as a function and profession. ER -