Comments on: 4 Tips to reviewing other people’s work http://newlycorporate.com/2008/06/23/4-tips-to-reviewing-other-peoples-work/ Work, life and the pursuit of happiness for the young professional. Sat, 05 May 2012 13:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Hoang http://newlycorporate.com/2008/06/23/4-tips-to-reviewing-other-peoples-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8457 Daniel Hoang Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:59:13 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/?p=407#comment-8457 It is very hard to review other people's work because we all think differently and what makes sense to one doesn't to another. However, there's the urge to force the staff to do it one way so it's easier to review. The flaw of that is the staff doesn't learn from their mistakes and won't grow. The other point is that reviewing is and will always be a very tedious process. While we can't catch everything, we have to develop a process for identifying high risk areas and addressing them in priority order. Are you using paper or electronic workpapers? It is very hard to review other people’s work because we all think differently and what makes sense to one doesn’t to another. However, there’s the urge to force the staff to do it one way so it’s easier to review. The flaw of that is the staff doesn’t learn from their mistakes and won’t grow.

The other point is that reviewing is and will always be a very tedious process. While we can’t catch everything, we have to develop a process for identifying high risk areas and addressing them in priority order.

Are you using paper or electronic workpapers?

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