ROLES OF INTERNAL CONTROL IN AN ORGANIZATION (Case Study of Ola-Oluwa Aina Wire Industry Nigeria Limited)

TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE PAGE i

CERTIFICATION ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENT v

LIST OF TABLES vii

ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM 1

1.3 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH HYPOTHESES 2

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 3

1.5 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY 4

1.6 LIMITATION TO THE STUDY 4

1.7 DEFINITION OF TERM 4

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.1 INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN A BUSINESS

ORGANIZATION 5

2.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM 8

2.3 INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN OLAOLUWA AINA

WIRE INDUSTRY NIGERIA LIMITED 9

2.4 LIMITATION TO INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN

OLAOLUWA AINA WIRE INDUSTRY NIGERIA LIMITED 10

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 1I

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 11

3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 11

3.3 INSTRUMENTATION 11

3.4 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 12

CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 13

4.1 PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THE RESPONDENTS 13

4.2 ROLES OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN AN

ORGANIZATION 15

4.3 BENEFITS OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM

IN AN ORGANIZATION 19

4.4 CONTRAINTS FACING EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROL

SYSTEM IN AN ORGANIZATION 19

CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS 20

5.2 CONCLUSIONS 21

5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS 21

REFERENCES 23

APPENDIX 24