Impact of accounting records on small and Medium enterprises’ performance A case of small and medium enterprises in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam
| dc.creator | Mkonyi, Jacqueline | |
| dc.date | 2016-03-15T19:10:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-03-15T19:10:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2013 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-24T12:04:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-24T12:04:58Z | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Masters of Science in Accounting and Finance (Msc A&F) of Mzumbe University | |
| dc.description | This research has been conducted at Dar es Salaam region to investigate the impact of accounting records on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) performance in Tanzania. Most SMEs do not progress well due to various constraints, one of them being poor accounting records. Accurate accounting records enable the business to manage its finances and make good financial decisions which in turn improves the performance of the business. Data were collected through interview, questionnaires as well as reviewing other secondary sources including reports, memos and charters. Findings were processed through SPSS data analysis programme for their interpretation and analysis so as to answer four specific research questions: (i) the challenges SME face in preparation of accounting records, (ii) SME awareness towards accounts record keeping procedures and recording ways in use, (iii) successfulness of record keeping and (iv) the support from private and public organizations on influencing the use of accounting records to the SME sector. The findings show that most of SMEs do not keep accounting records. Some of the reasons as to why they do not keep accounting records were: time consuming, lack of knowledge and skills, poor documentation, ignorance and poor support from the workers responsible with records in the organizations. The research data were collected through questionnaire, documentation, observations and interviews. The study recommend for the SMEs to attend entrepreneurship seminars and short courses whereby they will be able to gain knowledge on accounts record keeping. Public and private organizations should increase effort on SME sector, especially in educating members how to improve their business in case of performance which requires good accounting records. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/881 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/881 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe University | |
| dc.subject | small and Medium enterprises’ | |
| dc.title | Impact of accounting records on small and Medium enterprises’ performance A case of small and medium enterprises in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam | |
| dc.type | Thesis |