THE IMPACT OF ACCOUNTING CONTROL ON CORPORATE PROFITABILITY (A STUDY OF PZ INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LIMITED ABA)

Authors: NDUKWE BLESSING N. MOUAU/CEC/B.SC/05/282/ AB | Accounting Projects 63 pages 16,288 words

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ABSTRACT

 This project on "Impact of Accounting controls on corporate profitability" was carried out to study the impact of accounting controls as it relates to the profit performance of company.  For company to ensure and establish its  existence  as  a  going  concern,   it  must  aim  at  good  accounting systems, internal controls and its accounting operations. In  order  to  accomplish  this  research  work  various  data  collection methods were adopted such as observation methods, distribution of questionnaire etc,  the data were analyzed using statistical  tools. Tables and judgment techniques were used to analyzed the data collected  so as  to show the·  impact of accounting controls on corporate profitability  Aba. In the  course  of  the  study  the  researcher  observed  that  accounting controls   and   investment   strategies   have   a   significant   impact   ~n corporate profitability, thus proving theoretical  assertions that if company ignore them they are bound to fail. The researcher recommended the following: That management should adopt a scientific method of measuring risk and returns before embarking on any project.That management. should stall an efficient;  functional control  in  the accounting system.The independence of the internal audit should  be given  attention 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 

APPROVAL   PAGE                                                                                          II

DEDICATION                                                                                                    111

DECLARATION                                                                                                 VI

ACKNOWLEGEMENT                                                                                       v

ABSTRACT                                                                                                        vi

CERTIFCATION                                                                                                VII 

TABLE  OF CONTENT 

CHAPTER ONE                                                                .

'1.0       INTRODUCTION                                                                                     1-2

1.1        BACKGROUND   OF THE  STUDY                                                      2-3

1.2 ﾿ STATEMENT   OF THE  PROBLEM

1.3 ﾿ OBJECTIVES   OF THE  STUDY

1.4 ﾿ RESEARCH   QUESTION

1.5 ﾿ STATEMENT   OF.HYPOTHESIS

1.6 ﾿ SIGNIFICANCE   OF THE  STUDY

1.7 ﾿ LIMITATION   OF THE STUDY


CHPATER TWO

2.1 ﾿ INTRODUCTION ﾿ 7

.2.2 ﾿ PR- OFIT  CENTER  AND  DECENTRALIZATION

2.2.1 ﾿ MEASURES   OF PROFITABILITY ﾿ 8-9

2.3 ﾿ ACCOUNTING    STANDARDS ﾿ 9-16

2.4 ﾿ ACCOUNTING   SYSTEM ﾿ 16-19

2.5 ﾿ INTERNAL   CONTROL   SYSTEM ﾿ "19-21

2.6 ﾿ CONTROL  AND  MANAGEMENT OF WORKING   CAPITAL ﾿ 21-25

2.7 ﾿ TOOLS  OF FINANCIAL  ANALYSIS  AND  CONTROL ﾿ 25-28

2.8     FUNDING  OF A COMPANY

2.9      SUMMARY

CHAPTER THREE

3.1     INTRODUCTION

3.2     RESEARCH   DESIGN

3.3    AREA  OF STUDY

3.4     POPULATION   OF THE STUDY

3.5     INSTRUMENTS    FOR DATA COLLECTION

 3.6     DATA.COLLECTION     -.

3.7      DATA ANALYSIS

3.8     VALIDATION   OF INSTRUMENTS

3.9     RELIABILITY   OF INSTRUMENTS    ·


CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 ﾿ INTRODUCTION

4.2 ﾿ TEST  OF HYPOTHESIS



CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 ﾿ INTRODUCTION ﾿ 45

5.2 ﾿ RESTATEMENT   OF THE  PROBLEM ﾿ 45

5.3 ﾿ 'SUMMARY   OF THE  PROCEDURE   IN ﾿ STUDIES ﾿ 45-46

5.4 ﾿ IMPLICATION   OF STUDY ﾿ 46

5.5 ﾿ SUMMARY   OF RELEVANT   FINDING ﾿ 46

5.6 ﾿ CONCLUSION ﾿ 47

5.7 ﾿ RECOMMENDATIONS ﾿ 47

REFERENCES ﾿ 48-49

APPENDIX   I                                                                                                                                                                   

APPENDIX   II                                                                                                                  .  51-53


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