Another week, another study lamenting the angst-filled uncertainty of the internal audit department.

The latest dispatch comes from the Institute of Internal Auditors, which has published a survey of more than 500 auditing executives at large U.S. companies. The 15-page report contains the usual useful tips, on how to run your department more efficiently (read: with less money) or how to engage all a company’s stakeholders (read: people who might sue, picket, or otherwise put your CEO in the news) to help shape internal auditing’s priorities. For that practical advice alone, the report is worth reading.