The role of cost accounting in transport management in Uganda Railway Corporation.
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Date
2006-10
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and management
Abstract
This research was on to obtain the major purpose of instituting cost <1ccotmting
system that will guide management of the transport department in an organization.
I! was conducted in Uganda Railway Corperation.
The researcher was interested in this topic because usually managers are
handicapped in making prompt decision s for transport department clue to lack of
accurnte analysis of behaviors of the costs relating to the operation ofth~ transport
service.
During the process of conducting this research, it was realized that there is an
urgent need to integrate a clearly defined costing system into the existin•; financial
accounting system
Some of the recommendations made by the researcher in this report induded the
need to strengthen the cost accounting system as an inh:gral part of tlic existing
finm1cial accounting system, for the purpose of cost control, integrate the depart
mental transactions. into a line of authorization an cl management being ,:ornmitted
to discipline oi' cost control, there should be company y wide cc,;, - J<tolit
awareness.
The study was carried· out as a result of the fact that the researcher expected the
role of cost accounting to improve on the management to confine the known cost -
profit facts to a select few who need to know than fewer people will be committed
to cost management.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Award of the Degree of Bachelors in Business Administration Kampala International University
Keywords
cost accounting, transport management