ABSTRACT
Accounting generally involves the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgment and decisions by users of the information, in order words, accounting is concerned with providing information, which will help decision makers to make good decision. To enhance credibility and reliability of the information for decision making process established concepts, principle, standards and legal requirement are study followed in order to translate physical fact into money values and ensures that all types of report are integrated and prepared on consistent basis.
The information provided by financial statements, cash flow analysis, variance analysis, managerial costing goes along way in planning, organizing decision making and control.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page ii
Approval page iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgement v
Abstract vi
List of table vii
Table of contents viii
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of problem 4
1.3 Objectives of the study 4
1.4 Scope of the study 5
1.5 Research questions 5
1.6 Significance of the study 6
CHAPTER TWO
Review of Related Literature 8
2.1 Concept of accounting information 8
2.2 Nature and objective of accounting 10
2.3 The value of information 11
2.4 Characteristics of accounting information 12
2.5 Uses of accounting information 13
2.6 Kinds of accounting information 16
2.7 Summary of related literature review 27
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology 28
3.1 Research design 28
3.2 Area of the study 28
3.3 Population of the study 28
3.4 Sample and sampling procedure 29
3.5 Instrument for data collection 30
3.6 Questionnaire administration and retrieval 30
3.7 Method of data analysis 30
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data 32
4.0 Preamble 32
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Findings, Recommendation and Conclusion 42
5.1 Summary of findings 42
5.2 Discussion of findings 42
5.3 Conclusion 44
5.4 Implication of the study 45
5.5 Recommendations 45
5.6 Suggestions for further study 46
5.7 Limitation of the study 47
Reference 48
Appendix 50
