The Accounting Information System And The Performance Of The Organisation: A Case Study Of World Health Organisation In Kampala Uganda

ABSTRACT

The topic was based on the accounting information systems on the

performance of world Health Organization. The objectives of the study were the

level of accounting information system and world Health Organization in

Kampala, the Uganda. Level of performance and world Health Organization in

Kampala Uganda, to determine if there was a big difference in the level of

accounting information system and performance of World Health Organization,

and to determine if there was significant relationship between the level of

accounting information system and the level of performance in world Health

Organization. The research was carried out using different methods through

instruments such as interviews, direct observation questionnaire, a sample size

of 50 respondents was selected by the researcher from different departments

out of the 50 respondents, 20 were men and 30 were female as there was

gender equality within world Health Organization.

The findings of the study showed the presence of accounting information

systems and its principles guiding its use in Kampala Town which had led to

the average performance of world Health Organization in Kampala Town. There

was evidence of accounting information systems promising on service delivery

and to maximize contributions if principles were adopted by various

development partners such as donor staff, local government authorities,

employees and the community at large. the researcher found out shortage of

qualified staffs, it found out the local communities were not attending the

meetings as result the was shortage of proper dissemination of information in

regard whether the organization is playing its social responsibility to the

community or not, the researcher found out hat there was problem of lack of

monitoring and supervision by the technical staffs and limited proper

delegations whenever the head of department were not around. The researcher

recommends continuous monitoring of employees need to recruit well qualified

staff carrying out either internal and external audits or checks, encouraging

quarterly meetings so as to increase awareness and appreciation of the need to

have accounting information system in place. Conclusively, it was evidenced

that, accounting information systems had a lot of tremendous effect on the

performance of world Health Organization in Kampala Town responded by over 73% of the respondents.