Accounting information systems and organizational performance of Bushenyi cotton ginnery co cooperative union in Bunyaruguru Sub County in Rubirizi district
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2018-11
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between accounting information systems and organizational performance of Bushenyi cotton ginnery. The study was guided by three research objectives; find the level of organizational performance, the effect of accounting information system usage and storage and the relationship between accounting information systems and organizational performance of Bushenyi Cotton Ginnery Cooperative Union. The study employed the quantitative approach especially the descriptive correlational design. The study used a target population of 60 out of which 50 respondents were selected using simple random sampling~ Descriptive statistics in terms of frequencies and percentages were used to analyze socioeconomic characteristics of respondents, means and standard deviations were used to examine the level of organizational performance while Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient test and simple linear regression analysis were used to examine the relationship between accounting information systems and organizational performance. The study made the following findings from in terms of gender had males with 56.0%. The age of respondents, those between the ages brackets of 20-29 years were respondents with 54.0%, on the education level, it was manifested as follows: Diploma were the majority with 54.0%. Respondents’ marital status, those who were single were with 56.0%. The findings of the study revealed that the average mean score of all scores in the level of organizational performance determined by accounting information systemswas3.69 interpreted as very satisfactory. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between accounting information systems and organizational performance since the computed p-value is less than 0.O5based on the findings the following recommendations were made; financial institutions, in particular cooperatives should adopt the use of accounting information systems to improve financial performance and management performance~ different accounting information systems should be adopted by cooperatives understudy for different purposes. It should be noted that different information is used for different consumptions and therefore cooperatives should have isolated information systems that can be used to be establish the needs of various stakeholders. The researcher suggested that more study should be carried on the effect of information communication technology in business enterprises in Uganda. Also more research should be carried on the impact of management information system on the performance of the organizations.
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A research report submitted to the faculty of Economics and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of a Bachelor of Business Computing of Kampala International University
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Business administration, Accounting information systems, Organizational performance, Bushenyi cotton ginnery co cooperative union, Bunyaruguru Sub County