Open AccessStudy on the effectiveness of internal control systems in Ghana public sector: a look into the district assemblies. Part 1
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah,
Овусу-Ансах Эммануэль
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ gosudarstvennoe i municipalʹnoe upravlenie/vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ: gosudarstvennoe i municipalʹnoe upravlenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-1228
pISSN - 2312-8313
DOI - 10.22363/2312-8313-2019-6-3-193-212
Subject(s) - public sector , nonprobability sampling , control (management) , government (linguistics) , internal control , business , sample (material) , work (physics) , operations management , engineering , management , political science , economics , medicine , environmental health , mechanical engineering , population , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , law
Assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system in the public sector is one of the surest way to identify if public institutions are working effectively to achieve corporate objectives. The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of the internal control systems in the MMDA’S. The study made use of convenience and purposive sampling method to sample data. It was observed that there is an existence of internal control system in the Adenta Municipal Assembly and it is very effective in the achievement of the Assembly’s objectives. The Writer recommended that the government should employ more personnel who are members of the professional bodies such as the ICA Ghana, ACCA, and CIMA into the unit, this is because with their knowledge and in-depth study of their profession it will help to reduce the problems of internal control as highlighted in this work.