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• 1. THE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING

  » THE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY The owner of a business naturally wishes to run his business as efficiently as possible. One of the purposes of keeping accounts is to enable one to do this. i. Its account should avail him the necessary cost data for effective operation. ii. The exact revenue of the business Accounting...Continue Reading »

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• 2. STANDARD COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AS AN AID TO MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND PLANNING

  » STANDARD COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AS AN AID TO MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND PLANNING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Gilbert, (2011) indicated that businesses are run with shareholders’ capital, long term and short term borrowing whether it is a small or medium enterprise and its performance is mainly measured in terms of profitability. He further reports that business contains exch...Continue Reading »

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• 3. INTERNAL CONTROL AS AN AID TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. (A STUDY OF ...

  » INTERNAL CONTROL AS AN AID TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. (A STUDY OF BIASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, CROSS RIVER STATE)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Internal control according to Okezie (1999:43) could be likened to the heart”, which regulates the business blood”. No business could succeed without an effective control system. Internal control can a...Continue Reading »

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• 4. IMPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTING IN NIGERIA

  » IMPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTING IN NIGERIA   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Information along with other energy and material is a basic resources in human society.  It is indeed an indispensable ingredient in management which makes lot of difference in management quality. It is very important in that the management requires the a...Continue Reading »

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• 5. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION

  » IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Accounting is the act of collecting, organizing. and interpreting financial data. The first financial statement is the income statement, which tells how much money was made or lost in a given time period. Next is the statement of retained earnings, which tells how much money that was made ...Continue Reading »

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• 6. IMPACT OF RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOLS FOR INVESTMENT DECISION

  » IMPACT OF RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOLS FOR INVESTMENT DECISION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1              BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Term “Ratio Analysis” could be described as the analysis of financial statement in order to judge the performance of the COMPANY or group of companies. The “Investment Decision” Means the allocation of funds to invest proposal whose benefits are to b...Continue Reading »

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• 7. IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES / EXTRA MI...

  » IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES / EXTRA MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY   the practices of auditing originated from the necessity to impose some system of check upon persons whose business involves to record the receipt and disbursement of money on behalf of theirs. However, due to the crudenes...Continue Reading »

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• 8. IMPACT OF AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ON PAYROLL PREPARATION IN SOME SELECTED LA...

  » IMPACT OF AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ON PAYROLL PREPARATION IN SOME SELECTED LARGE ORGANISATIONS   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Business  organization,  especially  the  large  ones  exit  to  carry  out  certain  duties  and  responsibilities to their owners and those who have interest in them. One of the means by which they could achieve their aims and o...Continue Reading »

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• 9. IMPACT OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

  » IMPACT OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Financial management focuses on decision making about the use and management of the finances of an organization or corporation. Financial management is a subset of managerial activities that concentrates on how to plan and control the financial resources of an organization...Continue Reading »

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• 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AS A BANK LENDING DECISION

  » FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AS A BANK LENDING DECISION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Every organization targets the attainment of its desired objectives.  The organization therefore aims towards efficiency and proper effectiveness in conducting its affairs.  However, the level of the efficiency and effectiveness of any organization or the extent to which it is able ...Continue Reading »

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• 11. FINANCIAL RECORD MAINTENANCE PRACTICES IN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT

  » FINANCIAL RECORD MAINTENANCE PRACTICES IN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Finance is very important, it is as old as man and it is pivot on which every business hinges. Finance is an economic force, a means of economic empowerment or enablement; where withal available to an organization to discharge or settle it’s obligations. It is therefore any or means ...Continue Reading »

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• 12. EXAMINATION ON THE EXTENT OF COMPLIANCE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STA...

  » EXAMINATION ON THE EXTENT OF COMPLIANCE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD (A CASE STUDY OF WEMA BANK PLC)   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The fact that users rely on financial reports when assessing economic decisions, in particular financial reports issued by public companies, required the establishment of standards to regulate the preparation of such statement...Continue Reading »

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• 13. EVALUATION OF CHALLENGES OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SY...

  » EVALUATION OF CHALLENGES OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.3     BACKGROUND  OF THE STUDY According to aborisade, (2003) in his write up defined or state that financial management in any local government involves the inflows of payment, it can also be said to be the art of raising and spending money which is ever prominent facts to any loca...Continue Reading »

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• 14. EVALUATION OF CAPITAL BUDGETING IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA

  » EVALUATION OF CAPITAL BUDGETING IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Budgeting occupies or plays a strategic or pivotal role in every organization, be it public owned organizations or privately owned organization. To this extent, the evaluation or role of capital budgeting cannot be undermined because of its evaluation in financial decision...Continue Reading »

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• 15. ENHANCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING, THE ROLE OF CORPORATE GOVER...

  » ENHANCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING, THE ROLE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Effectiveness of financial reporting is one area in accounting that is recognized as the power house of financial dealings and management (Howard, 2002:2). Financial report constitutes the climax of all the planning and operation in the corporate governance....Continue Reading »

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• 16. ENHANCING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

  » ENHANCING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1    BACKGROUND OF STUDY The subject, financial accountability is vital to any organization, be it profit oriented or non profit oriented. Lack of financial accountability result to embezzlement, fraud and misplacement of funds. The regular nature of the Nigeria economy has made any topic in accountability, f...Continue Reading »

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• 17. AN APPRAISAL OF THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (A CASE ST...

  » AN APPRAISAL OF THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (A CASE STUDY OF DUNLOPE NIGERIAN PLC) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Management accounting is the development of information for insiders such as company managers. Managers use this information to measure the progress toward their goals and highlight any potential problems in advance. For example, manag...Continue Reading »

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• 18. ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ...

  » ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN QUOTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The picture of how well a firm has performed can be derived from the evaluation of information contained in accounting reports of the firm. Managers, therefore, owe it a duty to the various stakeholders especially, investo...Continue Reading »

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• 19. ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS THE MAJOR TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING

  » ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS THE MAJOR TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Almost all the organization aimed towards the attainment of its desired, planned and overall objectives. In every operation of organization more especially small scale industry aimed towards efficiency and proper effectiveness for this to be achieved to a large exte...Continue Reading »

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• 20. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ORGANISATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE...

  » ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ORGANISATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO AQUA RAPHA INVESTMENT AND MAJESTY BAKERY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Comparatively, most of Small Scale Businesses (SSBs) are not registered as corporate bodies but as sole proprietorship, this makes registration procedures quite simple and a bit easier than the other forms of business regi...Continue Reading »

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• 21. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN COMMUNITY BANKING

  » ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN COMMUNITY BANKING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY           Accountancy embraces the installation of book keeping and accounting systems, the writing up of account and the preparations of every kind of financial statement from the simplest receipts and payments of small club to the published accounts of large public companies. It is one of the mai...Continue Reading »

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• 22. ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS IN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRIES (A CASE STUDY OF MR....

  » ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS IN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRIES (A CASE STUDY OF MR. BIGG’S & UNCLE JOE’S BREAD INDUSTRIES) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A basic reality of modern economic life is the inter dependence of the business. No modern business is an outlay in itself. There is no doubt whatsoever that the small scale and medium companies constitute the r...Continue Reading »

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• 23. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRI...

  » ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the study Accounting plays a vital role in the success or failure of contemporary business institutions. Systems are responsible for recording, analyzing, monitoring and evaluating the financial condition of business institutions, preparing documents necessary for tax p...Continue Reading »

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• 24. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND ITS ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATION

  » ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND ITS ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATION   CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY   All business entities requires information in order to make economic decision. According to SINHA, (2002) sees information as an integrating force which combines organizational resources into a cohesive whole, directed towards the realization of organization in suc...Continue Reading »

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• 25. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE (A CASE STUDY OF PRICE WATER ...

  » CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE (A CASE STUDY OF PRICE WATER HOUSE COOPERS) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Conflict of interest and auditor’s independence are two concepts that must be considered properly in this project work. If there is any way auditors’ conflict of interest affects his independence. To start with auditor’s conflict of interest a...Continue Reading »

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