ABSTRACT

Effort is made to access the effect of formal accounting reporting on the management of  a business financial accounting covers those activities related to the preparation of certain reports which are known as financial statements. These statement report the financial status of a firm at a particular time. The firms activities and resulting profit/losses during the most recent period and the flow of resources occurring within the firm during the same period.

I draw my research from the work of many authors. Such work done have included textbooks in all forms, magazine and Encyclopedias.

Apart from extensive use of literature, other method of research include (a) interview with businessmen. (b) Questionnaires have been designed and distributed to some businessmen (especially at trade fair). The questionnaires have been designed for officers  in management cadre in public and private companies, shareholders, staff, partners and owners in sole proprietorship  

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE

1.0Introduction

1.1Statement of problem

1.2Purpose of the study

1.3Significant of the study

1.4Statement of Hypothesis

1.5Scope of the study

1.6Limitation of the study

1.7Definition of terms.

CHAPTER TWO

2.0Review of Related Literature

2.1Accounting as a language of business

2.2Users of accounting information

2.3Characteristics of good information

2.4Management of information

2.5Basic accounting concept

2.6The financial accounting branch

2.7Other accounting branches.

CHAPTER THREE

3.0Research design and methodology

3.1Sources of data

3.2Sample Size

3.3Method of investigation

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0Data presentation and analysis.

4.1Data presentation and analysis.

4.2Test of hypothesis.

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0Summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation.

5.1Findings

5.2Conclusion

5.3Recommendation

Bibliography

Appendix