ABSTRACT This study involved examining information technology and performance of Centenary bank, the case study of Gulu Branch. The objectives of the study were, to examine the extent to which computer usage affects productivity of Centenary Bank in Gulu Municipality., to assess the effect of ATM on the productivity of Centenary Bank in Gulu Municipality and to analyze how training staffs affect productivity of Centenary Bank in Gulu Municipality. A relevant review of related literature was c...
Abstract Infant mortality in International respective. The table below provides infant mortality rate for the world, for development and developing countries and by continent with some selected countries that high light the range of levels; the world's infant mortality rate has never been lower; however' differences across the world are substantial. Africa's rate (88) is ten times higher than average rate (8) for the developed countries. Within Africa the highest level of infant mortality rat...
Abstract This chapter gives a presentation of a brief overview or background to the study, statement of the problem, and purpose of the study, study objectives, research questions, scope and significance of this study. 1.1 Background to the study With growing levels of poverty and unemployment at their highest, many people in South Sudan; young and old, men and women, are venturing into business so as to make ends meet. The economy of south Sudan, which is almost entirely dependent on oil rev...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL. ................................................................................................................. iii DEDICATION .............................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration ...................................................................................................................... ii Approval .......................................................................................................................... iii Dedication ....................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgement ..............................................................
ABSTRACT This research focused on the budgetary control and organizational performance in Bakhresa Grain Milling (U) Ltd (Azam) with four major objectives: Establishing how budgetary control are being used in Bakhresa Grain Milling (U) Ltd (Azam), Whether there is a relationship between budgetary control and organizational performance, establish whether budgetary control has improved occurrence and reliability of the company and to examine the challenges Bakhresa Grain Milling (U) Ltd (Azam)...
ABSTRACT Since the mid-1990s, the use of the electronic procurement aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in the different business and industrial sectors has increased globally. However, the extent of its adoption in the Nigerian building industry is not clearly understood. This study investigated e-procurement use in the Nigerian building industry with a goal to improve the general understanding of the extent of its adoption in this country. The research involved a questionnaire ...
Abstract The main purpose of this research was to determine the impact of debt finance on a small to medium entity, a case of Workman Zimbabwe (Private) Limited. The management reports of the company showed a recurring decline in profits, increase in interest costs as well as high gearing ratios from 2015 to 2017. This had resulted in greater variances between budgeted amounts and actual amounts raising a cause for concern thereby necessitating the need for this research. Literature from vari...
ABSTRACT This research undertook to examine the basic understanding of fair value accounting (FVA) in Zimbabwe and analyse the patterns within which it is adopted. The researcher’s analysis focused on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), listed banks and individual Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s). Accountants and auditors were also engaged in the research so as to determine their knowledge and their views on FVA. The researcher chose this topic because although a lot of authors have pr...
ABSTRACT This dissertation defines financial inclusion as ongoing access to a range of financial services in an affordable and convenient manner. As low income groups are often among those lacking financial access, Microfinance programmes providing financial services to them have emerged as a public policy instrument to promote financial inclusion. This dissertation analyses the contribution of microfinance programmes in promoting financial inclusion in Zimbabwe. The research questions in the...
ABSTRACT The Zimbabwean audit industry has been agonised by compromised auditor professionalism as a result of the joint provision of non-audit services and audit services. Based on this background, this study endeavours to investigate the effects of non-audit services on professionalism. A quantitative method and descriptive approach was adopted for the presentations and analysis of data and a review of literature of various scholars who also investigated auditor professionalism and non-aud...
ABSTRACT Market segmentation has been traditionally done based on gender considerations. Some products have been thought to target women while others are thought to be suitable for males due to gender roles .For instance automobiles have been previously targeted towards males assuming that the males would be deciders and influencers in the decision to buy. This research was aimed at investigating how gender roles influence the decision making of construction material. The objectives of the s...
Abstract The expectation gap according to Saladrigues and Grañó (2014), is the difference between the expectations of the auditors and those who use the audited financial statements. Furthermore Ijeoma (2014), noted that the expectation gap arises as result of the difference in expectations on the assurance that the auditors gives on the financial statements and those which the stakeholders expect from the work of the auditors. The expectation of the management of the Ministry of Foreign Af...
ABSTRACT This research report sets out to understand the effects of computer technology on the effectiveness of internal audits using a case study of NOIC Zimbabwe The main objectives of the study were to establish the relationship the applications of computer technology as well as the relationship between computer technology and the effectiveness of audit internal audits. The researcher used descriptive and analytical research designs and the sample size was 20 respondents and the data was ...
ABSTRACT This research on the effects of time budget pressure on the quality of the audited financial statements focusing on the deliberate practice of dysfunctional behaviour by auditors. The objective of this research was to establish the effect of time budget pressure on audit quality and auditors’ behaviour, cause of dysfunctional behaviour, how it contributes to audit risk, thereby ultimately affecting audit quality and provide best practices that can be adopted to reduce time budget...