INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANCY ARUSHA
(IAA)
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A RESEARCH PROPOSAL
ON
THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN SUPPORTING MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS
CASE STUDY: BANANA INVESTMENT LIMITED, ARUSHA BRANCH
Prepared by: LEONARD, Peter
Supervised by: H. Meshack Submitted for:
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (ADBM) TO THE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANCY ARUSHA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lists of Abbreviations……………………………………………………………………...i
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………....ii
Lists of figure……………………………………………………………………………..iii
CHAPTER ONE 5
1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM 5 1.2 STATERMENT OF THE PROBLEM 7 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7 1.4 RESEARCHER OBJECTIVE 8 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 8 1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 8 1.7 LIMITATION OF STUDY 9
CHAPTER TWO 10
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 RELEVANCE OF THEORES (THEORETICAL LITURETURE REVIEW) 10 2.2 SURVEY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES (EMPIRICAL LITURETURE REVIEW) 13
CHAPTER THREE 16
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16 3.1RESEARCH DESIGN 16 3.2 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES 16 3.3 POPULATION INQUIRING 16 3.4 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES 16 3.5 SAMPLE SIZE 16 3.6 DATA COLLECTION METHODS 17 3.7 TYPES OF DATA TO BE COLLECTED 17
CHAPTER FOUR 18
4.0 ANNEXES 18 4.1 BUDGET 18 4.2 TIME SCHEDULE 19 4.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 20
LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS
BIL………………..Banana Investment Limited
HESLB……………Higher Education Student Loan Board
ICT……………… Information and Communication Technology
IT…………………Information Technology
MIS………………Management Information System
TICTF……………Tanzania Information and Communication Technology Foundation
ABSTRACT
The study is meant to examine the role of management information system in supporting managerial functions within the organization .It aims at conducting a deep supply on business sector
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