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This research work titled "Information and Communication Technology and Accounting Practice in Nigeria" is dedicated to God for his enabling grace and to all computer enthusiasts who help to make life a pleasant experience.
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The world has become a global village and information polished society. As a result, a relative level of information communication technology advancement has become vital factor in competitive advantage of nations in internationally political, social and economic reals.
Accounting practice in Nigeria has over the years worked more advanced and government is not unaware of the correlation between economic growth and information development as much as it knows that the rural sector of the economy plays a very vital role for the balanced growth of the country So, being facilitators of economic growth, communication and information technology must also be implemented in a non discriminatory fashion particularly in accounting practices.
Information communication technology deals with the creation, manipulation, storage and communication of information, chiefly telecommunication and electronics .The title of this research study is the impact of information communication technology on accounting practices in Nigeria. Information communication technology is just all forms of technology applied to processing, storage and transmitting of information through electronic devices as a way of ensuring logical understanding of this study the study is arranged in chapters up to chapter five.
In chapter one, critical analysis was made to serve as a pathway into the study, purpose of the study, significance of the study, statement of problems, formulation of hypothesis, limitation of the study and definitions of terms end it. Chapter two (2) of this work is devoted to literature review, to support theoretical framework of this study this includes the works of other individuals and corporate bodies.
Chapter three (3) deals with the hypothesis of the study sampling techniques, data collection methods research design, and data analyses techniques. Chapter four (4) in chapter form, tables and graphs are used to present and analyze date Chapter five (5) encompasses the summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation.
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Information has been a vital tool in decision making process. Since the dawn of civilization, people have acquired information to aid them in their personal battle to survive as they attempt to manage their businesses. The increasing complexity of the society especially, as is manifested in social, political and economic institutions, has necessitated the more, mans quest for more relevant information on a more regular basis. The processing of facts that can be traced back to thousand years ago.
Every financial manager has been concerned with the processing of facts or data, about his businesses operation so as to provide the most accurate and timely information to management. In order to provide this accurate and timely information to management, financial manager continuously sought more improved means of processing data. With the advent of industrial revolution, the need for faster, more efficient and also other methods of processing data became apparent. To satisfy these needs, various types of automated devices were introduced into the business world. Of these, electric computer is the most efficient and foremost as will as the fastest, and mot sophisticated device built by man Charles Babbage, an English Mathematician, designed the first mechanical calculation machines that incorporated the concept of input, Processing, and output in its design. The machines were the difference and analytical engines.
The difference engine was originally designed for working out tables of logarithm, it was based on the concept of difference of polynomials, the more complex machine, it was a general purpose information processing machine, which has the input, output and processing units. The analytical engine closely resembled modern computer in the following ways:
Babbages engine had a part that could be identified as input and output. A computer may be defined as an electronic machine that accepts data as input, processes the data and information as output it also stores data and information which can be retrieved in the future.
The use of computers is becoming diverse and wide-spread in all sectors of our society. At schools, homes hospitals, offices, banks etc. computers are used for one purpose or the other. Information and communication technology (ICT) which is synonymous with computerization is that technology which aids activates such as creation, storage, processing and communication of information.
Accounting is an art of recording, identifying, classifying, summarizing, in a systematic manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are in part list of financial character and communicating the results to the users. This project therefore is to x-ray or highlight the impact of this information communication technology on accounting practices in Nigeria.
The key issue of this research is to know the extent to which information and communication technology (ICT) affects accounting practices either positively or negatively
In prime purpose of this study is to carry out a research in order to know the impacts of information and communication technology on accounting practices in Nigeria.
The research questions considered in this work are enumerated below;
This research is important because it would be beneficial to all organizations that are computerized in their activities. This is because accounting practices are done in every organization that is computerized and this organization will find it helpful to know whether information and communication technology affects their accounting practices positively or negatively.
The scope of this project work will be limited only to Nigeria, that is, the research work will not be extended to other countries of the would.
This project work was limited by some inherent problems usually associate with research they are:
In order to help the reader or user of this project work understand it in details, certain rated terms have been defined a number of these related terms are as follows;
Data: These are raw facts that can be imputed into the computer for processing. They consist of a combination of numbers (o-9)
Information: This is a processed data now in a usable form. The information on the payroll of staff in management information system department comprising names dates, of birth etc, is a good example.
System: This is a group of components working together to attain the same goal. Automobile and computer systems are good examples.
Data Base: This is a common collection of data which is substantially non-redundant and program independent.
File: This is an organized collection of related records.
Record: This contains all the information for a particular person or item
Program: This is the service of coded instructions written in a particular programming language to control the operators of a computer.
Value chain: A value chain divides a company's activities into technological and economically distinct activities that it performs
On-line: This implies that a device which may be a computer, is active in receiving data, which is being transmitted down a line
Coding: This means writing instructions in a programming language
Hardware: The physical and functional components of a computing equipment these components include input, output devices, central processing unit and auxiliary storage device
Software: These are computer programs which are the logical instructions that fell the computer what to do Central processing unit (C.P.U) this is the principal unit of the computer designed to perform calculations and to perform various parts of the computer system
Disk Drive: An auxiliary machine which magnetically stores information on disk.
Office Automation: This is an integrated collection of electronics devices which are used to increase office product. This may include contrast visual of teleconferencing, e-mail, multi-media systems and integrated telephoning concepts.
Floppy Disk: This is a soft coated disk used to store magnetically. It is removable and transportable unlike hard Disk but of less capacity in terms of data storage volume.
This chapter focuses on the review of related literature. A literature review includes the current knowledge as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. It documents the state of the art with respect to the topic you are writing. It surveys the literature in the topic selected. In this research work the literature review includes the …