Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department, 5th Edition, by Steven M. Bragg, Hardcover, 544 pages, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, $175. Now in a fifth edition, Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department is a how-to guide on creating an effective and efficient accounting department policies and procedures manual.

Risk Management Internet Services Resources Library offers subscriptions to their rmLibrary for $35 per month or $300 per year. Here are their templates for policies and procedures.

Another on-line policies and procedures product is "Net-It Central". Net-It Central provides a mechanism for publishing and viewing manuals, binders, forms and other documents. From this page, download a self-running demo presentation of its features, and also an application to install a 30 day free trial.

CompanyManuals.com offers "Establishing a System of Policies and Procedures".

BizManuals.com sells a variety of manuals, and it offers free samples. They offer a 3 part business policies and procedures system for $695. Part I is a complete policies and procedures manual, Part II is an employee handbook, and Part III includes reports, forms, and job descriptions. Here is the table of contents of the policies and procedures manual.

In response to a need for principles-based guidance to help entities design and implement effective enterprise-wide approaches to risk management, COSO issued the Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework in 2004. This is still the standard for evaluating a company's internal control, and is now available from the AICPA.

A free Executive Summary is available on the COSO web site. Click on "Publications", then "Internal Control - Integrated Framework (Executive Summary)," Full Document.

The Institute of Internal Auditor's (IIA's) web site offers COSO products at the following web page.

The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative is a professional services firm dedicated to the worldwide use, enhancement, and integrity of the Balanced Scorecard value-added management process. It was founded by Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton.