ABSTRACT
Responsibility accounting or profitability accounting or activity accounting is a system that recognizes various decision or responsibility centre throughout the organisation and uses budget and variance to hold individuals responsible for those cost they control. It is a system that provides information to top management about the performance of an organizational sub unit. The main aim or this study is to ascertain the impact of responsibility accounting on the financial performance of companies in Nigeria with particular interest on YC intcrglobal link company. To achieve this aim, the actual and budgeted data which is the basis on which performance is evaluated and control measured was col lcctecl from the company. The data obtained was analysed using the statistical tools such as Pearson product con-elation which was used in testing the rclasiouship between the ascertained data and simple regression used in evaluating the impact. Based on the result of the hypotheses tested, it was observed that responsibility accountng have no significant impact on the financial performance of companies. Based on this, recommendation was made that the company should allocate responsibility to managerswhose competency and integrity cannot be questioned which in no doubt will guarantee the achievement of their goals.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Tille page
Declaration
Certification
Dedication iv
Acknowledgement v
Table of content vi
List of tables
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of The Study
I .2 Statement of the Problem
I .3 Objectives of the Study 5
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 ยท Statement of Hypothesis 7
1.6 Scope of the Study
1.7 Limitation of the Study 8
1.8 Significance of the Study 8
1.9 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Introduction 11
2. I. I The concept of responsibility accounting 11
2. I .2. Principle for effective responsibility accountin' g
2.2. Organizational aspect of responsibility accounting
2.2. I Significance of responsibility accounting
2.3. Standard Costing 16
2.3.1. Objective of standard costing 18
2.3.2. Budgeting and Budgetary control 18
2.4 Transfer pricing 20
2.4.1 Purpose of transfer pricing 22
2.5 Responsibility Centres and Performance Evaluation. 23
2.5.1 Forms of Responsibility Centres 23
2.5.1.1 Cost or Expense Centres 24
2.5.1.2 Profit Centre 25
2.5.1.3. Investment Centre 25
2.5.1.4 Performance Evaluation Method 26
2.6. Management Reporting System. 26
2. 7 Difficulties in implementing Responsibility Accounting 28
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Research Methodology 30
3.2 Research Design 30
3.3 Study of population and sample size 31
3.4 Data collection and instrument 31
3.5 Procedure for data collection 32
3.6 Validity and reliability of instrument 32
3. 7 Statistical methods for data presentation, testing of hypothesis and data analysis.
3.7.1 Pearson's product moment correlation (ppmc): 32
3.7.2 Simple regression analysis 33
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OFRESULT
4.1 Dat a Presentation 36
4.2 Testing for hypothesis 47
4.3 Analysis and interpretation of results 52
4.3. l To measure the degree of relationship between the variables. 52
4.3. J .2 To test the impact of cost savings by the cost centre on the 53 company's total profit
4.3.2 To measure the degree of relationship between the varibles
Y and X 53
4.3.2.1 To test the impact of profit earned by the profit division on the
company's total profit 54
4.3.3 To measure the degree of relationship between the.varibles, 55
4.3.3. J To test the impact of return on investment by the investment centre on the company's total profit.
4.4 Discussions of findings 56
4.4. t Impact of cost savings by the cost centre on the company's totalProfit 56
4.4.2 Impact of profit earned by the profit centre on the company's total profit 56
4.4.3 Impact of return on investment by the investment centre on thecompany's total profit.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Su mmary of findings: 58
5.2 Recommendation 59
5.3 Conclusion 60
References
Appendix
NKPA, M (2020). IMPACT OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN NIGERIA. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-responsibility-accounting-on-the-financial-performance-of-companies-in-nigeria
MOUAU/09/13991, NKPA. " IMPACT OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN NIGERIA" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 06 Apr. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-responsibility-accounting-on-the-financial-performance-of-companies-in-nigeria. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
MOUAU/09/13991, NKPA. " IMPACT OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN NIGERIA". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 06 Apr. 2020. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-responsibility-accounting-on-the-financial-performance-of-companies-in-nigeria >.
MOUAU/09/13991, NKPA. " IMPACT OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN NIGERIA" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-responsibility-accounting-on-the-financial-performance-of-companies-in-nigeria