The Significance of Cost Accounting in the Management of Business. A Case Study of Nigeria Bottling Company, Depot, Ilorin, Kwara State

TABLE OF  CONTENTS

Title page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      Introduction

1.1      Objective  and  purpose of the study

1.2      Significance of the study

1.3      Scope and limitation of the study

1.4      Organization  plan of study

1.5      Definition terms and concepts

CHAPTER TWO

2.0      Literature Review

2.1      Meaning of Cost Accounting

2.2      Method of costing  

2.3      Cost Accounting and Planning

2.4      Cost Accounting and Controlling

2.5      Cost for Business and Organization Survival

2.6      Cost Accounting as an Aid to Survival of an Organization

2.7      Cost Accounting as an Aid to Profitability

2.8      Cost Accounting as an Aid to Management of an Organization

2.9       Labour as an aid to control cost

2.10   Conclusions

CHAPTER THREE

3.0      Research Methodology

3.1      Research Design

3.2      Sources of Information

3.3      Research Population Method of Data Collection 

3.4      Sampling and Limitation of Data Collection

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0      Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation

4.1      Brief History of Nigeria Bottling Company Plc

4.2      History of the NBC Ilorin Plant

4.3      Management of Business Organization

4.4      Hypothesis Testing

4.5      Opinion test or Comparison

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0      Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

5.1    Summary

5.2    Conclusion

5.3    Recommendation

BIBLIOGRAPHY  

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

The role of cost accounting cannot be over emphasized as it is needed to assist the management in planning, controlling and organizing the business activities in order to achieve its objectives.

Ever since the use of money replaced barter, people have been concerned with costs.  However, it was the concentration of manufacturing facilities in the factories which gave impulse to the development or recognizable costing systems.  On the other word cost accounting is probably the field of account which has developed most within the half – century and there can be no doubt its growing importance.  This is partly a reflection methods which results in greater capital investment and higher proportion of indirect costs and partly a reflection of growing completion and widening markets.  All these factors necessitate the keeping of systematic and accurate records which will show the cost of goods produced.