Computerized accounting systems and performance of financial reporting in Bank of Kigali, Kigali Rwanda
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Date
2012-09
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Kampala International University,College of Economics and Management
Abstract
This study was based on computerized accounting systems and
performance of financial reporting at Bank of Kigali. The objectives of the study
were; (i)to determine the profiles of respondent in terms age, gender, rank
,income level and educational level, ,(ii)to determine the level of computerized
accounting systems in terms of preparation of accounting document, recording,
trial balance in bank of Kigali,(iii) to determine the level of performance of
financial reporting in terms of relevance, comparability, timeliness,
understandability in bank of Kigali, and(iv) to establish the relationship between
computerized accounting system and performance of financial report~ng in bank of
Kigali. It employed descriptive correlation design; the population size comprised of
168 respondents out of which a sample size of 118 was got using sloven’s
formula. Simple random sampling technique was employed which ensured that
respondents were classified according to different departments of tellers, support
staff, team managers. A questionnaire was used as a major research instrument
which helped to capture opinions perceptions of respondents from selected bank
of Kigali. Data was organized, summarized, statistically treated and drafted in
tables using the statistical package for social sciences (spss) and Pearson’s linear
correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used. The study revealed that
computerized accounting systems affect organization’s performance of financial
reporting. With the above findings, it was concluded that there was a higher level
of computerized accounting systems in terms of preparation, recording accounting
documents in bank of Kigali. Therefore it was recommended that bank of Kigali
should have a routine system maintenance programs put in place so that the
system can get rid of shortfall such as viruses, fraud among others that may
Description
A Thesis presented to the college of higher degrees and Research
Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Business Administration
Keywords
Perfomance, Financial reporting, Computerized, Accounting, Kigali Rwanda