Determinants of Successful Implementation of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in the Ethiopian Public Sectors in Jimma District

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.