Automated Accounting Systems and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises. (Case Study of: Entebbe Municipality, Division B)
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Date
2011-07
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management Sciences
Abstract
The study is aimed at to find out the relationship and comparison between automated and
none automated small and medium enterprises in Entebbe municipality Division B.
Automated accounting systems were designed to ease and improve the pe1formance of
small and medium enterprises and large entities at large through automatic calculations of
financial statements and reports.
The research objective that this research was based on were;
To identify the small ad medium enterprises that use automated and none automated
accounting system.
To find out performance of automated and none automated small and medium
enterprises in Entebbe municipality Division B.
To compare the performance of automated and none automated small and medium
enterprises in Entebbe municipality Division B.
The research aimed at responding to the above objectives, questionnaires were designed
to capture the responses of the different respondents. In total 200 respondents participated
in the research from both automated and none automated small and medium enterprises.
71 did not return the questionnaires to make the total of 271 questionnaires that were
prepared and distributed.
Findings of the study indicated that, automated small and medium enterprises, however
there are some problems that come with the automated systems such as data theft, system
break down and others.
In conclusion small and medium enterprises should adopt automated system because they
produce more benefits compared to manual system. The improvement of the performance
of small business and large businesses depends on the best books of accounts well
prepared to give basis for decision making. Automated systems are more accurate due to
the automatic preparation of financial reports and material errors are easily detected and
solved.
Description
A research report submitted to the School of Business and
Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Award of Bachelors Degree in Business
Administration of Kampala International
University.
Keywords
Automated Accounting Systems, Performance, Small and Medium Enterprises, Entebbe Municipality