Accounting Information System and Firm Performance: A Study Of Selected Manufacturing Companies In Nigeria

Reference code: c037

ABSTRACT

This research project investigated the impact of accounting information system on the performance of manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, two hypotheses were formulated and data collected through the issue 91 structured questionnaires to accounting staff of 22 manufacturing companies. data collected was analysed using Pearson Coefficient of Correlation. our findings showed that: The study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the implementation of accounting information systems and the profitability of manufacturing companies. The study also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the implementation of accounting information systems and the productivity of manufacturing companies. Given our findings, we conclude that: The implementation of adequate accounting information induces profitability in manufacturing companies. We also conclude that the implementation of adequate accounting information systems is a productivity driver in manufacturing companies. Given our findings and conclusions, we make the following recommendations: Manufacturing companies should continue to implement and upgrade their accounting information systems in order to continue to drive profitability of manufacturing companies should provide adequate training in the proper implementation and use of accounting information systems

INTRODUCTION

............. As we all know, accounting speaks the language of business as it records all transactions of an individual firm or other bodies that can be expressed in monetary terms. Predicated on the going concept, accounting is the scheme and art of collecting, classifying, summarizing and communicating data of financial nature required to make economic decisions. Accounting information is an ingredient in most, if not all, financial managerial decisions. In developed economies, these decisions are worth billions of dollars each year. In some cases, the decisions are lacking in quality. Consequently, if researches can improve decision making through improved information, society will benefit. 

Accounting system, in recent times, has tended to be a system of information that does not stop at limits of data and financial information, but also it includes data and descriptive and quantitative information which is useful in decision making for users distinct with plurality and diversity. Such users include current and potential investors, lenders, suppliers, creditors, customers, governments and the public in addition to the administration, which is its responsibility to prepare the accounting programs and displaying it, that information must be capable of achieving the goal that it has been prepared for. Hence the role of Accounting Information System for effective decision making cannot be over emphasized.

It is noteworthy to say here that Accounting Information System derives its source from accounting data. Accounting Information Systems produce results which enhances decision making. Hence, it can safely be concluded that Accounting Information System is not an end in itself but a means to an end i.e. decision making to improve corporate performance. Accounting Information System produces detailed and comprehensible accounting information which are invaluable basis for decision making. ............... 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTION
.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF STUDY
1.8 ORGANIZATION OF STUDY

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE
2.1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1.1 Contingency Theory
2.1.2 Agency Theory
2.1.3 Behavioural Theory
2.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
2.3 REVIEW OF RELEVANT EMPIRICAL LITERATURE

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 INTRODUCTION
 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2 POPULATION FOR THE STUDY
3.3 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
3.4. NATURE/SCOPE OF DATA
3.4.1 Primary Source
3.4.2 Secondary Source
3.4.3 Questionnaire design
3.5 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
3.6 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
3.7 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENT

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1. INTRODUCTION
4.2. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.3. TESTING OF HYPOTHESES

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.2 CONCLUSIONS
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

92 Pages

Reference code: c037
Reference code: c037

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