RIFT VALLEY UNIVERSITY CHIRO CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

ASSESSMENT OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN COOPERATIVE BANK

OF OROMIA (A CASE OF CHIRO BRANCH)

A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN

PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF
ART DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

BY:
1. ABDI NURE ABDULE
2. AHMED ABDALA USMA’IL

ADVISOR: NESRU SIRAJ: (MA)

NOVEMBER, 2020
CHIRO, ETHIOPIA
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Abstract............................................................................................................................................ii
Acronyms.......................................................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER ONE..............................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1. Background of the Study.......................................................................................................1

1.2. Background of the organization............................................................................................2

1.3. Statement of the Problem......................................................................................................3

1.4. Research Questions...............................................................................................................4

1.5. Objectives of the Study.........................................................................................................4

1.5.1. General Objective...........................................................................................................4

1.5.2. Specific Objectives.........................................................................................................4

1.6. Significance of the Study......................................................................................................4

1.7. Scope of the Study................................................................................................................5

1.8. Limitation of the study..........................................................................................................5

CHAPTER TWO............................................................................................................................6
LITERATURE REVIEW.............................................................................................................6
2.1. Theoretical review.................................................................................................................6

2.2. Empirical Review................................................................................................................12

CHAPTER THREE.......................................................................................................................15
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................15
3.1. Description of the Study Area.............................................................................................15

3.2 Research Design...................................................................................................................15

3.3. Source of data......................................................................................................................15

3.4. Method of data collection...................................................................................................16

3.5. Target population, Sampling Techniques and size.............................................................16

3.6. Methods of data analysis and interpretation.......................................................................16

II
CHAPTER FOUR.........................................................................................................................17
BUDGET PLAN AND WORK PLAN.........................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

III
ABSTRACT
This study is conducted on the title of assessment of credit management Practices in cooperative
bank of Oromia in case of chiro branch. The main objective of the study is to examine the credit
management in cooperative bank of Oromia chiro branch. In this study both primary and
secondary source of data will be used and the researchers would be used open ended and close
ended questionnaires and structured interview to collect data from the employee, customers and
management body of the bank. Researchers will use convenience non probability technique to
select customers and census technique to select target population among employee and
management body of cooperative bank of Oromia chiro branch. And also the researchers used
descriptive method of data analyzing. The data will be analyzed through descriptive method by
using table and percentage forms. Finally some sort of conclusions and recommendation will be
forwarded for all of the cooperative bank of Oromia chiro branch, customers and staffs of the
bank based up on the identified problems.

IV
Acronyms
COOP Cooperative Bank of Oromia
CSA Center of Statistics Agency
CBO Cooperative Bank of Oromia
E.C Ethiopian Calendar
G.C Gregorian calendar
WWW World Wide Web

V
 CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
A credit management system is a system for handing credit accounts from assessing risk and
determining how much credit to offer to send out bill to collect payments. Credit management
systems are available through a number of companies, and they can be necessary in cases where
a system needs to communicate with a financial institutions existing computer network, or in
other situations (Malcolm, 2003).
The credit management system provides connection to credit scores and other measures of
financial risk. This can be important for assessing new applications for credit as well as adjusting
accounts in response to changing financial risk. The system may automatically increase interest
rates and other expense associated with an account, if the person starts to default on other debt,
for example, or if someone is carrying unusually high level of debt (Ibid).
When effective credit management begins with accurately assessing the credit worthiness of
customer basis, several factories are used part of credit management process to evaluate and
qualify customer for the receipt of some form of commercial credit. This including current credit
score, the current ratio between income and outstanding financial obligation will also be taken in
to consideration of components of credit managements seeks to not only protect the customer
from crediting more debt obligation that can't be settled in clammy manner. (Corley, 1970;
Adeniyi, 1985).
Credit management is used to identify accounting function usually conducted under umbrella of
accounting receivable. Essentially, this collection in the process involves qualifying the
extension of credit to customer, monitors the recent and hanging of payments on out stand
invoice, intention collection procedure and the resolution of dispute or queries regarding charges
on customer invoice (Malcolm, 2003).
Adeniyi (1985) stated that credit is a crucial factor in growth process of any economy and that by
lending banks provide valuable services to the community as they serve to channel money from
those who have idle fund to those who put the money in to constructive use.

According to Nguta, et.al., (2013) credit management is extremely important as granting credit is
considered to be the equivalent of investing in a customer .The objective of credit management
practice is to look at both the borrower and the lending facility being proposed and to assign a
risk rating. The risk rating is derived by estimating the probability of default by the borrower at a
given confidence level over the life of the facility, and by estimating the amount of loss that the
lender would suffer in the event of default.
Credit management procedure involves a wide variety of financial analysis techniques,
including ratio and trend analysis as well as the creation of projections and a detailed analysis of
cash flows. Credit analysis also includes an examination of collateral and other sources of
repayment as well as credit history and management ability. As much as banks want to increase
lending activities and generate more revenue through interest, banks have to recover the principal
loan amount granted to the borrower to ensure safety of depositor’s fund to prevent capital
erosion. For this reason banks have to adequately assess credit to minimize credit default rate.
Banks which are not able to recover the loans they grant to clients are left with small capital.
They are forced to cut down the staff strength and other operations which reduce the profit of the
bank and eventually wind up. A credit procedure is the blue print used by lending institution in
making its decision to extend credit to a customer (Ibid).
Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess credit management practice at cooperative bank of
Oromia chiro branch.
1.2. Background of the organization
Cooperative Bank is a share Company; it was established in October 29, 2004 G.C. It was
registered as a public share holding company in accordance with licensing and supervision of
banking business proclamation No. 84/1994 and the commercial code of Ethiopia. Cooperative
bank was opened the first branch and started its work publicly in March 8, 2005. Cooperative
Bank chiro branch was opened at chiro town in the year of 2016 G.C. currently the Cooperative
Bank have above 300 branches in the country.
Cooperative bank mission is to attract potential customers, create and sustain market leadership
by establishing networking of high performing work units, and also to generate high amount of
profit. Cooperative bank is committed for achieving its objectives by following core business
principles the bank stated at establishment, with loyal and committed staff members. These
principles are outstanding customer service, business integrity, prudent lending policy, and strict
control discipline. Oromia Cooperative Bank gives various type of service to their customers for
example the mobilization of financial resources and lending the resources to the business
community mobilization of financial resource arise from the fact that the amount of productive
investment is very low. In order to receive financial constraints on investment financial
intermediaries are expected to play a deceive role is bringing about efficient way of rising the
required level of funds through application of proper financial management system through
internal control over cash in the bank.
1.3. Statement of the Problem
Credit management is the most important activities in banks. An attending credit management
policies and procedures makes it sound at the time of managing credit risk and credit decisions.
Mulat (2003) argues that if you are not follow the credit management policies and procedures
one cannot think of managing credit risk and at the same time credit decision will become
arbitrary subject to individual discrimination and judgment.
According to the researcher Sharrafa,(2013) studies, he mentions the following problems of
credit management. There are the problems with the policy, procedure and process of credit,
limitation of credit on the bank, the bank diversification of credit loan and the bank applying for
proper and effective management of credit at the study area. These listed problems currently
exist in the cooperative bank of Oromia chiro branch.
Cooperative bank of Oromia plays an important role in the Ethiopian economy that means the
bank dominates participate in the country’s financial system. The credit contraction and
expansion mechanism to destabilize the economy as a whole is mainly done by the CBO. In the
provision of credit process to the customers, CBO undertakes pre-application interview,
accepting customers official application, collecting necessary documents, credit information
inquiry evaluating credit application customer classification, business visit, collateral evaluation,
risk analysis, decision on request informing the applicant the credit decision performing
administration works like registering the collateral offered by the customer, disbursing the loan
and follow up. However, this credit activity which is the important role vested to it, it’s
becoming area of serious attention.
The problems that may exist currently in CBO chiro branch on the lending practice of the bank
would be on; the collection of detail information about the borrower’s, the evaluation the
collaterals to counterfeit with the borrower’s request, in assessing the existing credit facility
compatible with the borrowers business as well as the market situation and in properly follow up
the same steps which is compliance with the bank credit policy and procedure.
Based on the above problems, the researcher initiated to conduct the study on the credit
management practice in Cooperative bank of Oromia chiro branch to investigate the problem
with the credit management practice of the bank.
1.4. Research Questions
The researcher will try to answer the following research questions:
1. What are the credit requirements for effective credit management of CBO chiro branch?
2. What are the factors affecting credit management practice of CBO chiro branch?
3. Does the organization use proper control of credit management policy at the study area?
1.5. Objectives of the Study
1.5.1. General Objective
The general objective of the study is to assess credit management practices of the Cooperative
Bank of Oromia in the case of chiro Branch.
1.5.2. Specific Objectives
- To examines credit management requirement in Cooperative Bank of Oromia chiro branch.
- To assess factors affecting credit management of Cooperative Bank of Oromia chiro branch.
- To identify the proper control of credit management policy in the study area.
1.6. Significance of the Study
The study will contribute significance to many people, organization, Government, and policy
makers as follows:
- It provides empirical data for policy makers that assisted towards formulating appropriate
policy environment for the operations of Cooperative Bank of Oromia in chiro Branch.
- It provides possible suggestion on the benefit derive from adopting credit
management practices in banking industry.
- It helps to investigate the challenges for adopting credit management practices in bank.
- The study will also of significance to future researcher as literature review, and further
provoked research in the area of credit management.
- It helps as additional sources for other researcher.
 1.7. Scope of the Study
This study will be limited to assessment of credit management practices on Cooperative
Bank of Oromia chiro branch. This study will be focused on the credit management
practices in the period of 2010 - 2012 E.C. Because of no sufficient time and no enough
budgets to conduct study on all branches found in west Hararghe zone, the study is limited to
Cooperative Bank of Oromia chiro branch which is found in chiro town.
1.8. Limitation of the study
To carry out this study, in case of methodology there will be certain obstacle, such as
the data to be collected will not be sufficient because there will be a lack of
secondary data and the same time some of the respondents will not be reflect their
willingness to fill the questioners.
 CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. Theoretical review

The researchers have seen literature review based on two categories this are theoretical and
empirical review. The theoretical review include definition of credit, types of credit, Commercial
bank and credit Creation, Limitation on the power of banks to create credit, Factors influencing the
volume of credit, Credit control instrument in bank and effective credit management. The empirical
review also includes credit worthiness of commercial bank, principle of bank lending policy and
others ( Sharekar, 2009)
Credit refers to promise by one party to the other for money borrowed or service received payment
it is medium of exchange to receive goods or services on demand at some future
date. Credit is an arrangement to receive cash, good or service now and pay for them in the
future (Kapoor, 2009).
U.B.S Dictionary of Banking and finance (1981) defined bank credit as the ability to borrow
money on the promise of future repayment. The prudential guidelines, (1990) succinctly convey
a more comprehensive definition of credit, it defines credit facility as the aggregate of all loans,
advances, overdrafts, commercial papers, bankers’ acceptances, bill discounted, leases,
guarantees, and other loss contingencies connected with a bank´s credit risks.
In addition, the definition of credit proposed by the CBN Monetary policy circular (1992)
agrees with the view above. Generally, we could conclude that credit includes all commitments
by a bank that has risk exposure and that may result in financial loss to the bank.
Mandel (1974) described credit simply as the right of a lender to receive money in the future in
return for his obligation to transfer the use of funds to another party in the interim.  The facility is
as old as man is, though in the primitive society it was known as “mutual aid”, because it was
based on ancient customer of ensuring substance of all members of the community. Credit
therefore arises out of the need to bridge the gap between the surplus and deficit economic units
such that the financial institutions notable perform the highest level of satisfactory function
among which are the Money deposits of banks.
In agreeing with this view, (Corley ,1970) and (Adeniyi, 1985) stated that credit is a crucial
factor in growth process of any economy and that by lending banks provide valuable services to
the community as they serve to channel money from those who have idle fund to those who put
the money in to constructive use.
2.1.1 Types of credit
Most of the credit facilities that are offered in the credit market are in the form of loans. A
loan is abroad term used to explain the different types of short term, medium, and long_
term credit facilitates extended in to credit market.
Depending on their need for credit, facility that suits his cash flow requirement and this is a
low cost option. To meet the varied requirement of the borrowers, banks have also developed a
variety of credit facilities. The development of those credit facilities essentially depends on three
parameters:- The purpose of credit ,the nature of credit and the security offered
As already seen the credit requirement arises from both then demand and the supply side
of the economy. The loans that are extends to the supply side can be classified as
commercial loans while the demand side loans are individual loans. There are three main types
of credit: (Shekhay, 1961)
a) Installment credit
b) Operating credit
c) Receivable credit
A) Installment credit: In this type of finance, once the credit amount is decided to either the
bank will disburse amount at one go or on staffs depending on how a project is implemented.
The requirement process which generally on installment basis will commence after the entire
credit amount is disbarred. The installment can be monthly, quarterly, half- yearly or annual
payments. The frequency of the instilment depends on the cash follow stream of the borrower.
Based
on this repayment schedule the tenure of the credit facility was decided.
B) Operating credit: is for meeting financial requirement of the daily operations. Since, the
firm cannot know its' exact requirement on any given day, the bank provides on operating
account (current account) after deciding on the credit limit.
The firm can with draw from this account using a cheek facility as and when it requires the
funds. The repayment mechanism for such credit facility is also different from the installment
credit. The firm will repay in to the some current account as and when it has surplus.
Generally, this credit is extended for operand of one or two years. However, since the firm arc
going concerns this credit facility may actually be rolled over every year. This makes the
operating credit a permanent credit facility.
C) Receivable finance: the other type of credit is receivable finance where from of the bill
finances. Sales transactions of a firm are generally, either in cash or credit form. In credit sales,
as it was observed payment would be made at predetermined time of after the sales was actually
taken place. This results in the creation of receivables for the selling firm. (Morale, et al., 2007).
2.1.2 Limitation on the power of banks to create credit
When the bank create a credit a certain restriction limit the power of the bank to create credit but
it does not mean that bank have only limited under certain restriction. The following are
limitation on the power commercial bank to create credit. (Devaney ,1984)
1. Amount of cash: - the credit creation power of banks depends up on the amount of cash
they possess. The larger the cash, the larger the amount of credit that can be created by
banks. The banks power of creating credit is thus limited by the cash it possesses.
2. Proper securities: - Important factors that limit the power of bank to create credit are the
availability of adequate securities. A bank advance loan to its customer based on security or bill
or a share, or a stock or some other type of asset. It turns ill- liquid form of wealth to liquidate
wealth and thus create credit if the proper securities are not available with the public bank cannot
create credit.
3. Banking habits of the people:-the banking habits of the people also govern the power of credit
creation on the part of bank. If people have not in the habit of using cheques, the grant of loan
will lead to withdraw of cash from the credit creation stream of the banking system this reduce
the power of banks to create credit to the desired level.
4. Climate banks cannot continue to create limitedly their power to create depends up on the
economic climate in the country. If there are beam time there is optimum investment
opportunities increases and businesspersons take more loan. Form bank cannot force the business
community to take loan from them, thus the economic climate to country determined the power of
bank to create credit.
5. Minimum legal reserve ratio: - Minimum legal reserve ratio of cash to deposit fixed by the
central bank is an important factor, which determines the power of banks of creates credit. If the
 high reserve ratio, the bank’s credit creation will be reduce, and the lower reserve ratio, the higher
power of the banks to create credit. (WWW.yourarticllibrerev.com/banking)
2.1.3. Factors influencing the volume of credit
Sometime credit expand when borrowing and lending so a briskly at any time credit
contract at take place. We discuss below the factor, on which the volume of credit depends
in country. (Kumar , 2002)

1. Boom and recession: under boom condition when industry and trade are expending. The
demand for credit increase the creditor lends more because the interest rising. They also know
that when the money will return due to high rate of profit in the industry, but when there is
recession the quantity of credit decreases.

2. Political condition: credit expends when there is political stability in the country it encourage
investment, which increases the demand for credit.

3. Currency conditions: the volume of credit expands or contract depending up on the current
conditions of the country if the currency system is stable; the quality of credit is increase.

4. Banking system: it is banking system is fully development with large number of commercial
cooperation and bank finance situation in the country the quality of credit expand such
banking. Institution provides large credit facility to trade and industry on the country on
undeveloped banking system to keep the quality of credit at low level.

5. Speculation: speculation and credit extension or contortion- goes together when speculative
activity is high credit expands when speculators lose credit contracts.

6. Credit policy: Central bank follow a cheap policy it reduce the interest rate and the demand
for credit increases on the country adore credit policy rising the interest rate contract the
quality of credit on the country.

7. Economic development: credit expands on the developing country in which new bank and
financial institutions are set up institution industries to agriculture in the poor country is low
because trade in agricultural and business industry in bank is weld. (Jhigan, 2007)
2.1.4. Credit control instrument in bank
1. Promissory note: is the earliest type of credit instrument promissory note is drawn the debtor
and had to accrete the credit can get its discounted from his bank at a premium by paying initial
duet by recovery. A promissory note is an instrument in writing (not being a bank note or
accuracy note) continuing an unconditional undertaking, signed by the maker, to pay a certain
sum of money only to or to the order of a certain person or the bearer of the instrument. The
essential requires of a promissory note are:
- It may be in writing
- It must contain an understanding to pay
- The understanding to pay must be unconditional
- The must be signed by the maker
- The under taking must be to pay in many only
- It must be undertaking to pay in money only
- The payee must be certain
2. Bill of exchange: is an instrument in writing an unconditional order. Signed by the maker,
directing a certain person to pay a certain sum of money only to, or to the order of a certain
person or the bearer of the instrument. The essential requires of a promissory note are
- It must be in writing
- It must contain an order to pay
- The order to pay must be certain
- The sum payable must be certain
- The order must be to pay money only
- The payee must be certain.
3. Bank note: the central bank of country issue currency notes in strictly spanking bank note
currency and note credit instrument.
4. Cheque: is an order on the bank, written by the drawer who has his deposit with that bank to
pay no demand the stated sum of money to the person name with that institution. Cheque is a bill
of exchange drawn by a specified banker and expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand.
(Kumar,et.al.,2002) . The cheque had its origin in the ancient banking system in which bankers
would issue orders at the request of their customer to identified payees. Such an order was
referred to a bill of exchange. The use of bill of exchange facilitated trade by eliminating the
need for merchants to carry large quantities of currency to purchase goods and services.
5. A credit card: is a system of payment normal after the small plastic card issued to users of the
system. It is deferent a debit card in that it does not remove money from the users account after
every transaction. Credit card is a recent addition to credit instrument. Is the issue of credit cards
by banks credit card, holders are allowed credit facilities of by concerned bank for specified
period of time without any securely form them there are national and international credit card.
(Moral,and Edharan, 2009).
2.1.5. Effective credit management
Control can maybe effective if the credit manager was the authority to approve or reject orders.
Within the support of a proper credit policy with that power come the responsibilities to reject
the bare minimum, and accept the profitable majority, or find ways of accepting the majority,
which will earn profit. That power also requires the ability to communicate reasons fluently to
the affected and to do everything to arrange terms to be able to accept orders.
Long-term fraud is a commercial evil, which certainly requires good credit management controls
the order entry. Stage the stop list, accurate and regular risk analysis and attention top changing
patterns. These are all weapons in the fight against this kind of fraud, usually involving popular
consumer goods, which involves the purchasing of substantial amount of goods on credit with
deliberate intention of disappearing (deliberately going bust without paying for them).
Good credit management practice. Applying the stand and caution to newly formed Finns
and changes in owner ship will keep lesser to a minimum. Effective credit management remains
and will continue to be support from top management. The institution of credit management was
witness’s remarkable growth since 1996 in the member employees now looking for "trained and
qualified" credit managers. and the parallel growth of employee willing to invest in this
employees by way of training and staff development number of organization in the future will
be able to operate both effectively and profitably without company, wide agreed and
implemented polices including credit. (Musharraf, 2013)
Effect credit management would definite have significant in fact on coronaries performance this
workshop wills other contemporary strategies and techniques to deal with those in tractable
problems. The following is important or essential for effective credit management.
 Understanding the strategist importance of credit management

 The price of effective credit management

 Marking credit management and in legal management function (Edwards ,2004)

2.2. Empirical Review
The researchers review different international journal articles and identifying the finding out,
methodology, and objective. According to Ran-Ali- mosharrafa (2013) studies indicate that
determination of credit worthiness of commercial bank is depending on the five of credit
management these are present to below:
1. Character: - this refers to the borrower integrate, honesty, intention and will gneiss to repay
the loan money. The bank (lender) considers the following question. Those are Does the
borrower have a bad credit history has the borrower bankruptcy in the past. The borrower
answer for those questions “yes” create uncertain for the bank and borrower character is full
of debt.
2. Capacity:-this refers borrower business ability particular profit making report and this
address the borrower’s cash flow and ability to repay the debt from all going business
operation. Unforeseen business difficult will always arise.
3. Capital: - this is the borrower financial net worth is significant positive net worth has
potential to offset insufficient cash flow. Because financial perceive the borrower still has
more than adequately mean to repay the loan and mean that financial strength to cover
business risk.
4. Collateral: - this refers to ability to produce additional securities or any property owned by
the borrower that can be pledged against another loan financier would properly not consider
it available to be pledge again until the previous loan has been paid off.
5. Condition: - it is the general business condition and economic, industrial and company
specific prospects and event that may occur during the period of the loan that could have
significant effect on you.
The researcher Martin Omera (2007), he studies the important thing that to manage credit is
applying of basic stage in the lending process. Anjichi, (1994) describes it as the 'heart' of a
high quality portfolio. This involves gathering, processing and analyzing of quality
information as way of discerning the client's creditworthiness and reducing the incentive
problems between the lenders as principals and the borrowers as agents. The bank's credit
policy, procedures and directives guide the credit assessment process.
Banks should base their credit analysis on the basic principles of lending which are
Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral and Conditions (Matovu and Okumu, 1996). It is
designed to ensure lenders take actions, which facilitate repayment or reduce repayment
likely problems. This information about the riskiness of the borrower makes the financial
institution to take remedial actions like asking for collateral, shorter duration of payment,
high interest rates and other form of payment (Stiglitz and Karla, 1990) when a financial
institution does not do it well, its performance is highly affected. Edminster (1980) stressed
the importance of credit analysis when he observed that its abandonment often resulted into
several banks using credit card to process.
The variable we have, according to Hunte (1996) included the length of time taken to process
applications, credit experience, proportion of collateral security to the loan approved. It was
found out that long waiting time reflected a shortage of credible credit information required
to make informed credit decisions. This in turn leads to greater risk more intense credit
rationing and low repayment rates.
Hunte (1996) also observed that loan experience indicated the ability to manage the business
loans better hence good quality borrowers for the business. A less experienced borrower has
less ability to manage a business loan and therefore is not credit worthy (Devaney, 1984;
Robinson, 1962; Hunte, 1996). This implies that there are big risks associated with new
borrowers since the loan officer has no familiarity of recovery from them.
According to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Basel September (2000) an effective
Credit monitoring system will include;
 Ensure that the bank understands the current financial condition of the borrower or
Counterparty;
 Monitor compliance with existing covenants.

 Assess, where applicable, collateral coverage relative to the obligor’s current

condition.
 Identify contractual payment delinquencies and classify potential problem credits on a
timely basis.
 Specific individuals should be responsible for monitoring credit quality; including
ensuring that relevant information is passed to those responsible for assigning internal
risk ratings to the credit.
In addition, individuals should be made responsible for monitoring on an ongoing basis any
underlying collateral and guarantees. Such monitoring will assist the bank in making
necessary changes to contractual arrangements as well as maintaining adequate reserves for
credit losses. In assigning these responsibilities, bank management should recognize the
potential for conflicts of interest, especially for personnel who are judged and rewarded on
such indicators as loan volume, portfolio quality or short-term profitability.
From the above findings different researcher can be concluded that the bank, maintained
standard credit management policy in the changing market situation to establish a set of credit
management policy. By analyzing the data, it has been observed that the bank is in better
position in respect of credit assessment procedure exercising in the bank. The goal of credit
management to maximize the performing of asset and minimization of the non-performing asset
as well as ensuring optimal point of loan and advance and their efficient management. The most
important use of banks’ lending policies, yet there are risks in lending so the banks follow certain
principle to minimize risks:
 Safety: normally the banker uses the money of depositors in granting loans and
advances. So first initially the banker while grating loans should think first of the
depositors money. The purpose behind the safety is to see the financial position
of borrower whether he can pay the debt as well as interest easily.
 Liquidity: it is a legal duty of bankers to pay on demand the total deposited
money to the depositor. It is on important principle of bank lend for short period
as well as for long period.
 Profitability: commercial bank is profit-earning institutes nationalized banks are
also not an exception. (www.managmentparadise.com, 2010)
 CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Description of the Study Area

The study is conducted on the title assessment of credit management practice in cooperative bank
of Oromia chiro branch. This bank is found in the center of chiro town. Chiro town is located in
the east part of Ethiopia. It is located at about 325 km from Finfinne /Addis Ababa to the East.
The average altitude of the town is 1777 m.a.s.l. It has a relatively flat topography. Chiro town
lies in sub humid tropical zone with an average annual temperature of 20 degree centigrade.
Established in 1915, Chiro is relatively old town by Ethiopian standards.
Now the town is being administered by a status of city Administration and answerable directly
to the Oromia Regional State. It has 3 administrative kebele. The town has a population of about
48069 in 2007 (CSA, 2007). Regarding population it is the largest town in the western Hararghe
zone of Oromia regional state and it is serving as zonal city of west Hararghe zone.
Cooperative Bank of Oromia has reliable and long-standing relationships with many
internationally acclaimed banks throughout the world and required to function efficiently and
effectively to meet the growing demand of credit so as to induce development.

3.2 Research Design.

The study will be conducted by descriptive research design with quantitative and qualitative data.
Because, the justification for using this approach is, the quantitative data and qualitative data will
be built to explain the situation of credit management practices at the study area.

3.3. Source of data

In order to get sufficient and relevant information about credit management practice for the
study, the researcher will use both primary and secondary data. The primary data will be
collected from employees of the CBO chiro branch on the current situation of the credit
management practice and secondary data will be collected from books, manuals and reports of
the bank.
3.4. Method of data collection
Primary data will be collected using structural interview from credit manager of CBO chiro
branch because to get relevant data and by using questioners from employees of the bank. In the
questioners, the researcher will use both close- end and open- end questions. Secondary data will
be collected from review of documents such as manuals, books, and reports of the bank.

3.5. Target population, Sampling Techniques and size

The researchers will use 18 employees working in the Cooperative Bank of Oromia chiro branch
as target population of the study.
The census sampling technique will be used to collect data because this method will avoid bias
and allow the researchers to get real information from each and every employee.
The sampling size will be the whole employee of the bank because, the number of employee are
small in number.

3.6. Methods of data analysis and interpretation

After the necessary information is collected, it will be organized and analyzed through
descriptive method. Using the method, the data collected through questioner and interview
passes through the process of coding and editing it my check by computers for completeness.
The editing data will be summarizing in the form of statement to population, percentage and
table finally the result of the analysis will be interpreted of presented carefully by researchers to
assess the credit management practice in the Cooperative Bank of Oromia chiro branch.
 CHAPTER FOUR

BUDGET PLAN AND WORK PLAN

4.1. WORK PLAN

No Activities to be performed Duration in G.C

August ,2020

Septem,2020

Novem,2020
October,202
July , 2020
June ,2020

0
1 Title selection
2 Writing proposal
3 Data collection
4 Data analysis

5 Research submission
6 Research presentation

4.2. BUDGET PLAN

SN Item Unit Qty Unit Price Total Price
(Birr) (Birr)
1 Re-writeable CD disk No. 1 25.00 25
2 Flash disk No. 1 200.00 200
3 Note book No 1 20.00 20
4 Printing Page 120 3 360
5 Photocopy Page 120 1.00 120
6 Pen No 5 5.00 25
7 Pencil pcs 2 5 10
8 Transportation 500
9 Contingency 500 500
Total 1760
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