The study aimed at assessing the effect of Inflation on the cost of production in manufacturing industries, case study being Mukwano Industry in Kampala City along Jinja Road. The study was mainly looking at inflation and cost of production of Mukwano industry and if this was effective to the industry. During the research a cross sectional research design with both qualitative and quantitative methods with a population study of 600 employees out of which a sample size of 240 employees was cho...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION DEDICTIONS iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V ABBREVIATIONS iX CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Historical background 1 1.1.2 Theoretical perspective 2 1.1.3 Conceptual perspective 2 1.1.4 Contextual perspective 4 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Purpose of the Study 5 1.4 Objectives of the Study 5 1.5 Research Questions 5 1.7 Scope of the study 6 1.7.1 Subject Scope 6 1.7.2 Geographical Scope 6 1.7.3 Time scope 6 1.8 Significance of the...
ABSTRACT information is critical to organizations' performance in today's highly competitive environment. The Statement of Accounting Concepts 3, International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB, 1980) developed a conceptual framework for financial reporting where relevance, reliability, understandability and comparability are the qualitative characteristics that financial accounting information should possess. The study covered relevance, reliabil...
The study sought to establish the role of internal control systems on the performance of commercial banks and was driven by mainly three objectives. These objectives include; the need to investigate the effects of internal control system on the performance of Equity Bank, the need to determine the different types of internal control systems used by Equity bank, and the third objective is to establish the relationship between internal control system and performance of Equity bank. To achieve t...
Abstract Good managers carefully control inventory because it may represent a large part of the assets of the business. So effective inventory management system is important for business organization in their growth and survival, in manufacturing business where there are three major types of inventories: - Raw materials, goods in process of manufacture, and finished goods, all three classes of inventory are included in the current asset section of the balance sheet. Therefore if the costs are...
The research on the microfinance programs and empowerment of women provides a collection of statistical anecdote, market briefs, and concise summaries Of the researchers' findings. The rep01i offers a bird's eye view of the microfinance programs, and the changing trends dotting its landscape of women empowerment. The report starts by bringing the background of the study. Here, the researcher highlighted the reasons to why he decided to ca1Ty out the analysis and the empirical gap that was poi...
Corporate governance reflects the interaction among all stockholders, which provides resources to the company and contribute to its performance such as shareholders, employees, creditors, long-term suppliers and subcontractors. This study had the following objectives: to assess the relationship between board composition and the performance of the insurance companies in Uganda, to establish the effect of board size on p:rformance or insurance company in Uganda, to examine the effect of CEO dua...
The study examined borrov,ing cost and performance of small scale businesses; a case study of 111aybach 111otor dealers kansanga. Which has a total population of 60 e111ployees in all depart111ents ft-0111 1vhich the sa111ple size of 52 respondents was rando111ly selected. The study 11as quantitntie since the m,jor lindings fro111 the lield were descriptively presented through the use of tables and graphs for easy understanding and interpretation. The study had four research questions and fou...
In Kenya, commercial banks are known for their consequent and extraordinary profits that they generate at the end of their accounting periods. The entrance of the foreign banks in the local industry within the region posses a high level of competition that has made banks to constantly come up with several and different financial products and services in order to maintain market leadership or to take over the market leadership. This research takes an investigative study of banks as financial i...
ABSTRACT In recent years, a number of studies have highlighted the effect of customer satisfaction on the growth of business organizations through empirical evidence across both developed and developing countries. In the pursuit of this type of evidence, this research clarifies the nature of the relationship between customer satisfaction and the growth of commercial banks in Uganda. In the model of this study, bank growth is a dependent variable. The quality of banking products and services,...
ABSTRACT Finance is the lifeblood of a business. All business needs cash to operate efficiently. However, companies may not have all the cash they need to finance their operations. On the other hand, companies need to maintain and get more clients in their business. Though not all clients have cash to pay for what they need, credit is offered to them and they pay at a later date. In this study, the researcher wanted to establish the relationship between credit management and performance. The ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .................................................................................................................................. ii Approval ...................................................................................................................................... iii Dedication ................................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgement ..........................
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship today has hit huge boost worldwide as individuals continuously seek to develop and achieve vast in different fields. This global interest has much been realized in the last decade especially in the developing countries. It also encourages use of local resources as well as self reliance and employment. In the view to generate entrepreneurship, Kenya government provides economic, social, financial and political support for the citizen. In this survey carried to establ...
ABSTRACT The study involved the analysis of the budgetary control and profitability of small business enterprises. The study considered kenjoy supermarkets variables showing budgetary control as independent variable and profitability as dependent variable. Budgetary control leads to profitability and government policy in small business enterprises as interviewing variable which helps in connecting budgetary control to profitability in small business enterprise. The study was setout to study t...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the extent to which Micro Finance intervention could be effective against poverty reduction in Uganda. The research was based on three objectives; to identify the various Micro Finance services provided by MFis in the division, to establish whether MFis provide entrepreneurial advice to their clients in the division and to examine the relationship between Micro Finance intervention and poverty reduction. The findings revealed that MFis provided insuranc...