Many people in organizations resent internal control & risk management; these two processes representing unwelcome tasks to be completed for the benefit of auditors & regulators. Over the last few years this perception has been heightened by the disastrous implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which is generally regarded as having been too expensive for the benefits it has brought. This important & timely book offers a way of improving this prevailing perception & increasing the value of control & risk mangement by bringing creativity & design skills to the fore. The value of risk & control activities is often limited by the value of the control ideas available & so Matthew Leitch provides an arsenal of 60 high performance control mechanisms. These include several alternative ways to design controls & control systems as well as providing controls for monitoring & audit controls for accelerated learning & techniques for finding & recovering cash. This design material is combined with insights into the psychology of risk control strategies for encouraging helpful behaviour & enabling change & a surprisingly simple integration of internal control with risk management. The book is realistic practical original & easier reading than most in the field. The material is not specific to any one country & has international appeal for internal auditors & all those concerned with risk management corporate governance & security.