Internal Control in Consumer Retail Cooperative Enterprises: Specifics of Design and Implementation

Control as a function of management is an integral part of the enterprise. Skilful construction and application of internal control helps the company not only to detect negative effects in their work, but also to find potential for raising efficiency of the entire organization. The article's aim is to study the essence of internal control in consumer retail cooperative enterprises, the main objectives and principles of its design and implementation, and to propose the ways to improve the inventory internal control in retail enterprises. The article deals with scientific approaches of defining the essence of control. The objects, subjects, the main task and purpose of internal control in consumer cooperative enterprises are detected. The lack of a common position on the classification performance of internal control, its principles and forms are found. Has been revealed, that the most common forms of internal control in retail enterprises are revision and thematic review. The algorithm of inventory internal control with the assignment of the organizational, research and resultative phase are proposed. Has been elucidated, that consumer cooperatives has an extensive experience and a strong normative, methodological base in internal control. It was found, that the results of the internal control as an information basis can be used in making future management decisions of organization.