Overview of 2010-2014 Human Resources Audits

Using the Audit News Database, we searched for human resources audits (on workforce planning, recruitment, leave management, etc.) conducted since 2010. We found more than 30 audits prepared by over a dozen different audit offices. For the purpose of this Focus On issue, we selected 17 of these audits for further analysis (all these reports were published in English).

See list of selected human resources audits

Sectors of activity

Human resources audits produced since 2010 have covered a wide variety of public sectors, including:

• Health;
• Education;
• The military;
• Police and emergency response services;
• Energy generation; and
• Transportation

After analyzing the scope of the selected audits, we determined that all the audits could be classified under one of five categories:

• Audits of workforce planning
• Audits of recruitment
• Audits of leave management
• Audits of overtime management
• Audits of government-wide HR initiatives

For each of these categories, a summary description and examples of objectives, criteria, evidence sources, findings and recommendations can be found in each of the above sections.

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