Abstract:
The integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) is an information system
that allows for optimal resource allocation and improves management decision making by
providing timely financial and other information to aid in the acceleration of economic growth.
The objective of this study was to assess Determinants of successful implementation of
integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) in the Ethiopian selected Public
Sector Jimma area. This study used a descriptive research approach. The target population
for the study were all employees regardless of their positions who are work in the Ethiopian
Minster of Revenues, the Ethiopian Human Rights commission, and Gumuruk Commission in
Jimma district. The targeted population for the study was the IFMIS users in three selected
public sector in Jimma district which is 130 population and census method was used to collect
the data population. The researcher used this method since the number is manageable to the
researcher as the population size is small. The study utilized data that was both primary and
secondary where primary data was collected by use of a questionnaire that was semi
structured while secondary data was obtained from the IFMIS implementation review reports
by three selected sector in Jimma district, the government IFMIS project implementation
strategies published, and other IFMIS project related report. The analysis of data was
accomplished through the use of descriptive statistics, regression and correlation analysis.
Descriptive entailed the mean and standard deviations while correlation and regression
analysis were used as inferential statistics to come up with conclusion on the relationship
between the variables. The study found that staff capacity, top management commitment,
staff resistance, and ICT infrastructure had a significant and positive relationship with the
implementation of the Integrated Financial Management Information Systems. However, the
results established that there was a positive but insignificant relationship between
government policy and IFMIS implementation. The study concluded that IFMIS
implementation is significantly and majorly influenced by top management commitment. The
study recommended that the administration of county governments should support the
implementation of IFMIS in county governments.
