Abstract:
The main objective of this study will seek to investigate the effect of Accounting Software on
financial Reporting Quality in delivering Financial Accounting information for making crucial
organizational decisions by management. It also aims at assessing Accounting Software support
to the production of Financial Statements in time, accurate recording transactions and also to
ascertain the level at which accounting professionals in this field (utility) has adopted and
applied information technology and conformed to the International Accounting Standard
(AIS).The study, first analyses the initial phase of AS adoption in the organization, and shows
how limited Accounting personnel skills, unplanned and uncoordinated innovations, and
overwhelming organizational defects resulted in the inability of the technology to produce
intended results. The study then proceeds to discuss how these initial problems were dealt within
the subsequent phase to produce more positive outcomes. Reasons for this success included
comprehensive data analysis, departmental representation in planning, and corporate support for
the technologies at the highest organizational levels. Based on these findings the study concludes
that ECG will be able to meet its stakeholder’s information needs with aid of Accounting
Software.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING EDUCATION, FACULTY OF
BUSINESS EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
UNVERISTY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING
AUGUST, 2017