ASSESSMENT OF EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

ABSTRACT

Information is indispensable for the success and survival of any organization, relating it to business organization,      accounting information from the bulk  of information required     in making decisions.   It  is  obvious  that  profit   surpluses    made  by organization, firms,   corporations   etc.    do  not   arise   as   magic.   Therefore,    how   do managers   know   whether   their   respective     organization    are   earning enough    income,   profit or  incurring   losses?    The  answers   to  all  these questions in  accounting  information.   However,    an  attempt  has  been made  to  study  how   effective   the   use  of  accounting  information    by the    accountant    and     other   top management     members    help    in achievement    of  the    organizational     effectiveness.     To   conduct    this research   work,  Questionnaires  were  used for  the  generation     of data.Chi-square    (X2)    test  was   also  used  in  the   testing   of the   hypothesis in  line  with  the  objectives   of this   study.   After  a thorough   analysis   of data,     it    was     proved      that:   Accounting     information      aids     the management      m     achieving     organizational         effectiveness.        The achievement     of  organizational    effectiveness    depends   solely   on   the nature   of   the   accounting    system.     The    quality   of   accounting personnel      assists     greatly   in    the    achievement     of   organizationeffectiveness.     In  view  of  the   above   analysis,    recommendations      will  be  made.

TITLE PAGE

DECLARATION

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENT

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

1.1      BACKGROUND   OF THE STUDY

1.2      STATEMENT  OF THE PROBLEM

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE   OF THE STUDY

 1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.8 LIMITATIONS   OF THE STUDY

 1.9 DEFINITION   OF OPERATIONAL TERMS

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1

NATURE  OF ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION

2.2

OBJECTIVES  OF ACCOUNTING

2.3

TYPES OF  ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION

2.4

SOURCES OF ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION

2.5

IMPORTANCE   OF ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION

2.6

USERS OF ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION

2.6.1

ACCOUNTING   INFORMATION    AND  APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL    EFFECTIVENESS

2.7 PROBLEMS OF THE USE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION BUSINESS ORGANIZATION                

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1      RESEARCH DESIGN                                                                                              57

3.2       A

3.3 POPULATION   OF STUDY

3.4 SAMPLE  AND  SAMPLING   TECHNIQUE

3.4.1 SAMPLE   SIZE   DETERMINATION

3.5 SOURCES OF DATA

3.5.1 PRIMARY  DATA

3.5.2 SECONDARY  DATA

3.6 OPERATIONAL   MEASURES OF VARIABLES

3.7 DATA  ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

4.1     DATAPRESENTATIONANALYSIS  OF DATA                                               69

4.2     HYPOTHESIS TESTING                                                                                75

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY OF FINDING, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1     SUMMARY OF FINDINGS                                                                           83

5.2     CONCLUSION FROM THE STUDY                                                              84

5.3     RECOMMENDATION                                                                                86

REFERENCE                                                                                                           88

QUESTIONNAIRE                                                                                                    92