ABSTRACT

An efficient accounting system cannot be maintained without a management information system in places. A good decision by management supported by an information system provides the necessary information that is detailed and, timely, reliable and accurate. This will determine the survival of an efficient record system. Also, in organizations and businesses, interval reporting is made up manually and only periodically as a by-product of the accounting system with some additional statistics which gives a limited, and delayed management performances. The data of this study was collected from a well structured and validated questionnaire. The population of the study is made up of 100 employees of the selected firms and the sample size is 800 which is derived from the Taro Yamani formula. Also, the data collected was analyzed based on the simple percentage proportion (SPP) and the cu -square (X2). It was discovered that organizations have not fairly incorporated the use of management information system in its accounting system in particular and also the entire organization as a whole .It is recommended that sufficient attention have to be given to management information system and its application to the accounting system. Also, if management information system is well implemented, in an accounting system and process of the organization. It will go a long way to improve and maintain the accounting system and practice of the organization for better result and performance.