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 pageii
Approval pageiii
Dedicationiv
Acknowledgementv
Abstractvi
List of tablevii
Table of contentsviii
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction1
1.1Background of the study1
1.2Statement of problem4
1.3Objectives of the study4
1.4Scope of the study5
1.5Research questions5
1.6Significance of the study6
CHAPTER TWO
Review of Related Literature8
2.1Concept of accounting information8
2.2Nature and objective of accounting10
2.3The value of information11
2.4Characteristics of accounting information12
2.5Uses of accounting information13
2.6Kinds of accounting information16
2.7Summary of related literature review27
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology28
3.1Research design28
3.2Area of the study28
3.3Population of the study28
3.4Sample and sampling procedure29
3.5Instrument for data collection30
3.6Questionnaire administration and retrieval30
3.7Method of data analysis30
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data32
4.0Preamble32
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Findings, Recommendation and Conclusion42
5.1Summary of findings42
5.2Discussion of findings42
5.3Conclusion44
5.4Implication of the study45
5.5Recommendations45
5.6Suggestions for further study46
5.7Limitation of the study47
Reference48
Appendix50
