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The Impact Of Information Technology In Accounting System
[A CASE STUDY OF UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC]
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1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
In the course of this research works, the
researcher encountered some restriction which militates against the
smooth execution of his work among these issues are : Unilever is a
multinational companies with several subsidiaries under it which had
incapacitated the researcher of getting some of their transactional data
for the research methodology due to the secretiveness of the sampled
population. The problem of retrieval of research instrument
administered, finance, combining my official work which makes it always
difficult for me to go out always not to do anything personal. Other
limitation include time constraint, cost of carrying out research work
and unsupportive nature of respondents.
1.8LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
In
this study the impact of information technology on accounting system,
the research is limited by time. Though this research ought to be very
broad and all embracing the research is limited by time to go that far
and treat this exhaustively. The study was also limited by secrecy of
information in the company, which requires permission of the company
higher authority hence most information was regarded as classified
information. Despite these limitations, the project work will be useful
to any person that wants to know about the impact of information
technology on accounting system. This research though is expected to be
very broad and all embracing, it is limited to the impact of information
technology on accounting system and this is due to the fact that this
is the researcher main concern at the moment.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.
Data :these are any non-random set of symbols they are also called raw
files o facts, event, transaction, which have been recorded and they are
the input raw materials from which information is produced
2.
Information: in this research the use of information will signify data
have been produced in such a way as to be useful to recipient.
3.
Application package: this is a set of programs together with the
appropriate system documentation. The package is designed to meet the
needs of a number of users and is modular in construction so that a
limited amount of modification can be carried out to carter for the
needs of individual business.
4. MIS: management information system
is the provision of information for all level of management in order to
perform their routine functions such as planning, directing, organizing
and controlling etc.
5. Database: data base is a stored collection of
related data needed by organization and individual to meet their
information processing and retrieval requirement.
6. Internet:
internet is an international computer network made up of numerous
networks, internet is also called “networks of networksâ€
7. Ethernet:
Ethernet is a popular network protocol and cabling scheme that uses a
bus topology and carrier sense multiple access/collision detection
(CSMA/CD) to prevent network failure or collisions, when two devices try
to access the network at the same time.
8. Intranet: this is a
private network belonging to an organization (which was internet
protocol) it is used in Unilever Nigeria plc .it is accessible
only by member of the organization require authorization to access such network (this is called an Extranet).
9. E Business: this is the use of internet in the conduct of business.
10. Extranet: this is an intranet that allows non members of the organization to access the network.
11.
Wireless network: wireless network are wide area network (WAN),that
allows user to access information instantly via handheld wireless
device.
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