ABSTRACT
Internal audit over the years has
served as a straightforward managerial strategy which is involved primarily of
checking archives, numbering resources, and answering to Board of Directors,
Management or External Auditors. Organisations need to show responsibility in
the utilization of shareholders cash and effectiveness in the conveyance of
administrations. Therefore, this study examined the effect of internal audit on
organizational performance, using Abia state ministry or works as a case study.
Using organizational effectiveness, organizational efficiency and
organizational productivity as a measure of performance, the target population
of the study was employees of from ministry of works Umuahia. The study
employed stratified sampling technique with a sample size of 187 respondents
targeted in the ministry. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive
statistics and SPSS version 20 and presented through percentages, means,
standards deviations and frequencies. The findings were presented in form of
frequency tables and figures while data was presented in prose. The study found
that internal audit was significant in predicting the organization performance
in with p-value = 0.000. Further the study found that internal audit had a
significant co-efficient with a p-value of 0.001. Finally, the study recommends
that organization should take internal audit practices very serious in order to
achieve a high degree accountability and to guarantee financial safety of the
organization using particularly bookkeeping approach, administration
arrangement, and operational strategy.
EBOH, H (2021). Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 27, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-internal-audit-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-ministry-of-works-umuahia-abia-state-7-2
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 29 Jul. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-internal-audit-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-ministry-of-works-umuahia-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 29 Jul. 2021. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-internal-audit-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-ministry-of-works-umuahia-abia-state-7-2 >.
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 27 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effect-of-internal-audit-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-ministry-of-works-umuahia-abia-state-7-2