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. Organizations 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 xxx . Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 02, 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-xxx-7-2
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State xxx " 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-xxx-7-2. Accessed 02 Nov. 2024.
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State xxx ". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 29 Jul. 2021. Web. 02 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-xxx-7-2 >.
HAPPINESS, EBOH. "Effect Of Internal Audit On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Ministry Of Works, Umuahia, Abia State xxx " Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 02 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-xxx-7-2