IMPACT OF EFFECTIVEE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM ON DECISION MAKING OF ETHIOPIAN CMMERCIAL BANKS IN CASE WOLKIYE TOWN

Abstract

This study would be focused on the impact of effective accounting information system on decision making of Ethiopia commercial banks in Wolkite town. Although few studies were conducted on accounting information system, the aim of this study is to close the gap in literature and add some more knowledge in this area. The research design would be employed explanatory research design in order to analyses the cause and effect relationship between effective accounting information system (system quality, information quality, system usage, simplicity of use, reliability and flexibility ) and decision making. The study would be used primary sources of data in order to gather the required information. And would be collected through structured interview and questionnaire distribution to managers and employees (66 respondents) purposively. Then the data would be processed, analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics through STATA14 version. The findings further indicate that, there exists linear and positive significant ranging from substantial to strong relationship was found between working place factor and dependent variable. Moreover, the selected independent variables may insignificantly explain the variations in the dependent variable at 0.05level of significance. Based on findings, recommendations to the banks and suggestions for other researchers are forwarded.