Sistema de informação na contabilidade: um estudo das informações geradas e utilizadas na tomada de decisão em uma indústria em João Pessoa

Abstract

The Information Technology (IT) is increasingly present in organizations today. Therefore, many companies require the services of information systems (IS) for decision making. Among these systems is related to accounting, they can with the correct use of them, generate management information, assisting managers in their decisions in order to ensure its continuity. The methodology is characterized as a case study because it was conducted within an industry in João Pessoa, with the participation of all sectors involved in the process. To obtain the data, an application with a semi-structured questionnaire with closed and open questions in order to obtain information necessary to perform the study was conducted. By analyzing the data, it was concluded that the information generated and used by the current system in the industry under study, have provided positive impacts, contributing to the efficiency of this industry, though it still needs some improvements, to achieve all the business needs.