Article: Beyond budgeting or better budgeting? IMA members express their views.(Budgeting)(Investment Management Association)

Article: The budgeting process: is the budgeting process a ritual in need of re-organisation? Asks Peter Clarke.(Management Accounting)
Accountancy Ireland;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the main problems associated with traditional budgeting practices. The third and final section...guise of budget reporting . (2) 2. TRADITIONAL BUDGETING PRACTICES--THE PROBLEMS Traditional budgeting is now ingrained in most organisations...

Article: Beyond budgeting in an IDS: the Park Nicollet experience: is the traditional budgeting process worth all the time and effort that it requires? "There's a better way," was the conclusion of one large Midwestern integrated delivery system.(FEATURE STORY)
Healthcare Financial Management;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Traditional budgeting is a thing of the past for Park...transformation, Park Nicollet eliminated its traditional budgeting process and moved beyond budgeting...avoids many of the pitfalls of traditional budgeting. Fraser and Hope describe its underlying...

Article: Beyond budgeting .... (some companies abandon budgets)
Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......performance ... without traditional budgeting. Who is doing it? IKEA...dropped its once-a-year traditional budgeting process and introduced a...the other weaknesses of traditional budgeting. The problem with budgeting...

Article: Advanced budgeting requires an advanced management system. (corporate budgeting and management systems; includes related article on advanced management systems)
Management Accounting (British);  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...`Traditional budgeting is seriously out-of-tune with...investigated the limitations of traditional budgeting, drawn up a conceptual framework...should not be mutually exclusive. 'Traditional budgeting is being by-passed by modern management...

Article: The Annual Budgeting Process. (Management Accounting).
Accountancy Ireland;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The days of traditional budgeting are numbered. Research suggests...budgeting is sub-optimal. The traditional budgeting processes are time consuming...Business concludes that the days of traditional budgeting and planning are numbered. Among...

Article: Inefficient budgeting costs companies dearly.
Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 2000 ;     578 words ......ICAEW's `21st Century Budgeting Conference', sponsored...activities. `Outdated budgeting systems are one of the...typically collected in the traditional budgeting process. Data warehouses...the aim and purpose of budgeting, are already enabling...to lag behind. With budgeting and ...

Article: dynamic budgeting focuses on the future
Accountancy SA;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......is that technology and budgeting techniques have advanced...than processes. Dynamic budgeting takes the drudgery out of the budgeting process and concentrates...plans where necessary. Traditional budgeting methods and systems...happened. This type of budgeting does not enable ...

Article: Living with budgeting.
Management Accounting (British);  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Accounting two very different views of budgeting. In Jeremy Hope and Robin Fraser's series...argue that, given the widespread use of budgeting, we should seek to manage effectively its behavioural aspects. But it may be that budgeting can serve a useful role in organisational...

Article: Budgeting Basics and Beyond, 3rd Edition.
M2 Presswire;  November 25, 2008 ;     524 words ......PRESSWIRE-25 November 2008-Research and Markets: Budgeting Basics and Beyond, 3rd Edition(C)1994-20...researchandmarkets.com/research/0d57a9/budgeting_basics_a) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report Budgeting Basics and Beyond, 3rd Edition to their...

Article: Remove the Nightmare from Annual Budgeting.
Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter;  August 7, 2001 ;     605 words ......Articles, eCFO Articles Traditional annual budgeting processes at many companies involve painstakingly...take some companies up to six months. Budgeting and planning (B&P) software packages...Case in Point: Fujitsu reduced their budgeting process from 6-8 weeks to only 10-15...

Article: Budgeting more, deciding less.(budget politics and social policy)
Public Interest;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...BUDGETING is governing, declares Pete V. Domenici, chairman of...Budget Committee. Few would challenge this statement. Budgeting has always been at the heart of policy making. Since...remain for lawmakers to ladle out. Still, I contend that budgeting has become a less important setting for deciding public...

Article: Tactical issues & best practice solutions in budgeting: in an ideal world, forecasting and budgeting processes and systems become embedded at the operational level and become normal management tools; technology now makes that possible.(forecasting/budgeting)
Financial Executive;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to describe an ideal forecasting and budgeting process, and they'll likely portray it...views and operates its forecasting and budgeting process. Start with Articulating the...organization's existing forecasting and budgeting processes and systems are often known...

Article: Spreadsheet shortcomings account for burgeoning budgeting market. (client/server, workflow software, and other technologies provide a foundation for budgeting as an application)
Software Magazine;  September 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Every company goes through budgeting hell once a year, said Clare Gillan...problem, Gillan said, is that the budgeting process has been under-automated...and various divisions in the annual budgeting process could spend months extracting...

Article: Understanding the Importance of Budgeting Is the First Step in Successful Financial Planning - Learn How to Budget with this New E-Learning Course.
M2 Presswire;  November 23, 2005 ;     610 words ......Markets: Understanding the Importance of Budgeting Is the First Step in Successful Financial...announced the addition of E-Learning Course: Budgeting & Financial Management to their offering Understanding the importance of budgeting is the first step in successful financial...