THE USEFULNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN ASSUASIVE THE PERFORMANCE COMPANIES AND IN GUIDING INVESTMENT DECISIONS (A CASE STUDY OF SUNRISE FLOUR MILL LTD ENUGU)

ABSTRACT
The use of financial statement in any business organisation cannot be over emphasized financial statements are needed by variety of people for different purposes .  for instance, the government needs the financial books of a company for taxation purposes, the investors want to know how profitable a company is and also the management of a company will like to know the level of their performance: all these cannot be known without the analysis of financial statements of the company or companies involved. The research work therefore, studies the usefulness of financial statements in assessing the performance of companies and in guiding investment decisions, in order to provide investors, management, government and others what the company is worth.   TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents List of figures
CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction 1.1Statement of problem  1.2objectives of study 1.3significance of study 1.4research questions 1.5scope and limitations 1.6formation of hypothesis 1.7definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO 2.0Review of related literature 2.1Introduction 2.2Basic concepts 2.3Further assumptions and principles 2.4Benefits of financial statement
CHAPTER THREE 3.0Research design and methodology 3.1Source of data 3.2Questionnaire 3.3Interview method 3.4Sample design 3.5Method of investigation 3.6Statistical method for data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0Presentation 4.1Interpretation of data 4.2Testing of hypothesis
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0Summary, findings, conclusion 5.1Recommendation 5.2Bibliography 5.3Appendix – Questionnaire