The Influence of Accounting Information Systems on Effective Salary Management Processes in Tanzania: A Case of Fire and Rescue Force in Dodoma Tanzania.

Membe, Zaitun (2025) The Influence of Accounting Information Systems on Effective Salary Management Processes in Tanzania: A Case of Fire and Rescue Force in Dodoma Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study assessed the role of accounting information systems in effective management of salary process in fire rescue force Dodoma in Tanzania. The study consisted of three specific objectives namely the effect of accuracy, automation of payroll calculations and reliability on effective salary process. Positivism philosophy and explanatory design was used. Primary data were used to collect data from a sample of 69 using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used using frequency, pecentages, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum. The relationship between study variables was described using correlation and multiple regression analysis. Findings indicated that among the four predicting variables tested , three of them namely automation of payroll calculations and reliability have been found statistically significant towards effective salary process as the dependent variable with p<0.05. However, accuracy on the other hand has been found insignificant statistically towards the dependent variable with p>0.05. This implies that effective salary management process at Fire Rescue Force through accounting information system is influenced by automation of payroll calculations and reliability. Key words: Accounting Information Systems, Effective management System, Automation, Scalability, Reliability.

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