Cost accountng and business success in selected manufacturing industries in Kigali, Rwanda:
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2012-03
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
This study is a result of an academic research entitled tost
Accounting and Business Success in Selected Manufacturing Industries in
Kigali, Rwanda”.
The study was set out to establish the relationship between cost
accounting and business success in selected manufacturing industries
Kigali, Rwanda. The objectives of this study were: (i) to determine the
profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, educational
background and working experience, (ii) to determine the extent of cost
accounting in manufacturing industriesin Kigali, Rwanda, (iii) to determine
the level of business success of manufacturing industries, (iv) to establish
the relationship between cost accounting and business success of selected
manufacturing industries in Kigali, Rwanda.
The descriptive research design was used in this study. It involves
using questionnaire in collecting data from the respondents and both
quantitative and qualitative research designs were used for data
analysis.The SPSS was used to analyze all data. The study population
comprised 145 employees of manufacturing industries from which a
sample size of 106 respondents was chosen, using Sloven’s formula and
simple random sampling method.
The research findings stated that cost accounting was
indispensable to the business success of manufacturing industries because
there is a positive correlation in all instances. Therefore, the null
hypothesis has been rejected.
The researcher recommended manufacturing industries to increase
sufficient training about the design and objectives, processes and benefits
of cost accounting implementation in order to improve confidence and
positive outlook.
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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 of master of business administration .
Keywords
Cost accountng, business success