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Accounting Information System As A Means Of Enhancing Financial Management Of Transport Company
[A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION ENUGU]
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1.5 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
The following hypothesis where postulated as a guide to the researcher:
1. Ho:- accounting information is not an indispensable tool in the management of Nigerian railway corporation.
HI:- accounting information is an dispensable tool in the management of Nigerian railway corporation.
2.
Ho:- The activities of unqualified and incompetent accounting officers
are not responsible for the poor performance of the accounts department
in Nigerian railway corporation.
HI:- The activities of unqualified
and incompetent accounting officers are responsible for the poor
performance of the accounts department in Nigerian railway corporation.
3.
Ho:- The absence of computer system application dose not affects the
timeless, accuracy and availability of accounting information in
Nigerian railway corporation.
HI:- The absence of computer system
application affects the timeless, accuracy and availability of
accounting information in Nigerian railway corporation.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF HE STUDY
The
role of accounting information in the management of large business
organization cannot be over emphasized. It is based on the fact that the
research is to study and appraise accounting information system as a
tool of management using the Nigerian Railway Corporation Enugu as a
possible ways of minimizing the problem for better and enhanced
performance as the corporation.
The knowledge about these problems
and their way out will help remedy other transport corporation in
similar state. This study is to make recommendation that would boost the
operation performance of the account department in the Nigerian Railway
Corporation Enugu if being implemented. Beside, the study of this work
is to help as well as serve as a term of reference for those who may be
interested in using it.
1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This
study is on the Nigerian Railway Corporation Eastern division, the
limitation of this study in Nigeria railway corporation eastern division
Enugu. This is due to some constraints; those constraints were
financial difficulties which prevented the
running down from one relevant railway corporation division to another for sources of information necessary for this study.
Another
constraints are the time limit within my disposal, the demand from the
academic activities and limit within this study is to be presented
constitute the constitutes
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
FRIGHTS: This is the volume of revenue acquired by all haulage of goods by the good train.
PASSENGERS FARE: This complies of the returns made from ticket sales and penalties by defaulting passengers.
LOLLING
STOCK: This include the entire carrying system which is made up of the
locomotive engine, coaches, wagons, (both covered and uncovered) and
tanks. They are used in the haulage of goods and in carrying passengers.
LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINE: This is the enquire mechanism at the head of the rolling stock
that pulls then along the truck in the movement of goods and passengers
trains.
COACHINGS: These are revenue from country’s produce, luggage, parcel and livestock.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTAccounting information system in a transport organization has been a great problem to the third world countries in general, which Nigeria as a country has its own share. This research work, “Accounting information system in a transport organization, suggests ways of minimizing the effects of the problems of inefficient accounting information. It is believe that an improvement in this regards will enhance the performance of the corporation. To enable the researcher find solution to ... Continue reading---
