Main Teaching Areas
- Corporate Governance
- Auditing
- Risk Management
Research
Research Interests
- Corporate Governance
- Internal Audit
- Performance measurement in the public sector.
Current Research Activity
The working relationship between Audit Committees and Internal audit in Welsh local government.
Globalization of corporate governance codes.
Using IT in audit, looking at the development of case study material for application on audit software ACL and IDEA.
Grant Thornton Research Fellow 1998/99.
Selected Publications
Davies M (2008) Effective working relationships between Audit Committees and Internal Audit, – the cornerstone of corporate governance in local authorities, a Welsh perspective. The Journal of Management and Governance, 12 (4)
Davies M, Schilder B, (2008) The Impracticality of an International 'One Size Fits All’ Corporate Governance Code of Best Practice, Managerial Auditing Journal, issue 6, p 532-544
Davies, M. (2003) Performance measurement in the UK public sector, – understanding performance indicators. The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 3(2), pp 31-47
Davies, M. (2002) Auditing the Third Way: A Review of the Developing Role of Public Sector Audit and Inspection. The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 2, pp. 15 – 26
Davies, M. (2001) The changing face of internal audit in Local Government-a survey on the views of Welsh Local Government Internal Auditors”, The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 1, pp 77 – 97
Davies, M (2000) Using a Computerised Case study to teach computer auditing: the reasons, the approach and the student response. Managerial Auditing Journal, 15 (4&5), pp. 247–252.
Davies M, Shellard E, (1997) Performance Measurement in the United Kingdom, The Government Accountants Journal US, , Vol. 46, (3) p 48 -51
Davies M , Warman A, (1998), The Value of Auditing Performance Measurement in Executive Agencies – A Meteorological Office Case Study, Journal of Cost Management U.S. Vol. 12, (1), p43 – 48,
Textbook chapter entitled – ‘Internal controls in a computerised system’, in ‘Accounting: a systems approach’, (1999), Eds. Warman, A., and Davies, J R, International Thomson Business Press, (Ch. 18) p210 -310.
External representation
Executive member of IIA Wales /Cymru
Board member of Cadwyn Housing Association, and Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Board member of Glanhafren, Cardiff Tertiary College and Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Editorial board member on The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services
Regular contributor to BBC Wales, HTV Wales, and S4C programmes on current issues in the public sector – (for radio and television.)
Key note Speaker at The Asia Business Forum Conference on ‘Key Performance Indicators for the Public Sector’ in Kuala Lumpur 26–27 August 2002
Consultancy
Team member undertaking Public Oversight Board consultancy 2008.
Short Course provider for Commercial Services at University of Glamorgan e.g. I day course for Bwrdd Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Board) Two day courses on Internal Audit and Procurement Audit for South Wales public sector auditors.
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