Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) at Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation(MOFEC)

Abstract

This study sets out to analyze the critical success factors of integrated financial management systems in Ministry of finance and economic cooperation. Government of Ethiopia realized the importance of IFMIS towards efficient and effective service delivery. This study therefore named at examining how change management, technological infrastructure, human capital development and top management commitment affect the effective implementation of IFMIS in ministry of finance and economic cooperation. The scope of the study was MOFEC the owner or implementer of this system. A causal research design is adopted with a quantitative research approach. The target population of this research was IFMIS users from eight directorates which is 113 population and simple random sampling was used to select 88 employees. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire. The findings of this study revealed that MOFEC did not manage change to IFMIS effectively; the technological infrastructure for the roll out has not been availed; some aspects of human capital development have not been addressed; there is lack of top management commitment on IFMIS and MOFEC has not allocated enough resources towards of IFMIS implementation. This study recommends that for IFMIS implementation to be effective, change management should be handled better, MOFEC should upgrade IFMIS user with regular training, there should be technological and infrastructural availability in the organization and proper change management work.