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STEVEN J. ROOT was the Director of Finance, Administration, andProcesses at Northrop Grumman Corporation. As Northrop Grumman'sChief Internal Audit Executive from 1981 to 1995, he was in chargeof directing, planning, and coordinating all internal auditingactivities within the company. Before joining Northrop Grumman in1976, he was a practicing certified public accountant with Coopers& Lybrand. Mr. Root currently chairs the ProfessionalDevelopment Committee for the Los Angeles chapter of the FinancialExecutives Institute. He also serves as a member of the board oftrustees for the Los Angeles chapter of the Institute of InternalAuditors. He is a past member of the Internal Auditing StandardsBoard and past president of the Los Angeles chapter of the IIA. Mr.Root is also the author of the Internal Auditing Manual.

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The authoritative, practical guide to internal control after COSO (Committee on Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)

Beyond COSO unravels the complexities of the COSO Report while providing clear-cut guidelines on how to implement the various internal controls it mandates. Just as important, it builds on the COSO framework to provide a more rigorous system that corporate executives and directors can use to transform the internal control function into a valuable strategic tool for leveraging corporate strengths and improving performance.

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