The Relevance of Accounting Information in Management Decision Making (A Case Study of Okin Biscuit Nigeria Limited, Offa)

ABSTRACT

The project concentrates mostly on the relevance of accounting information to the management decision-making process of which Okin Biscuit Nigeria limited of is the case study. Financial accounting deals with the periodic measurement and reporting of the profit or loss and asset and liabilities of the organization and the Balance sheet of the year ended. The balance sheet is a statement of financial position and its report is on the status of the assets as individual items as a class. Data’s sources through the case study have been revealed on a design by the researcher to fill by the staff of the organization in accounting department and information that have already been recorded in the subject data in the various document including book annual report of the organization.

Finally, with my recommendations, we hope to step stone for further study.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.3    PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.4    SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

1.5    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.6    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1.7    PLAN OF THE STUDY      

1.8    DEFINITION OF TERMS

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0      HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ACCOUNTING

2.1    ACCOUNTING AND SOCIETY

2.2    ACCOUNTING SCOPE AND FUNCTIONS

2.3    INTER-RELATED ROLES OF BRANCHES OF ACCOUNTING

2.4    ACCOUNTING INFORMATION DEFINED

2.5    USER’S OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

2.6    LIMITATION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

2.7    ACCOUNTING POLICIES

2.8    DECISION MAKING

2.9    REFERENCES

CHAPTER THREE

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.0    DATA ANALYSIS

4.1    INSTRUMENT OF ANALYSIS

4.2    RETURN OF QUESTIONNAIRE

4.3    TEST OF HYPOTHESIS

4.4    INTERPRETATION

CHAPTER FOUR

5.0      SUMMARY

5.1    CONCLUSION

5.2    RECOMMENDATION

5.3    BIBLIOGRAPHY

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