The Changing Roles of Company Budgets
- 1st Edition - November 5, 2013
- Latest edition
- Authors: Stephen Lyne, David Dugdale
- Language: English
The survey in this CIMA research report explored claims in recent literature that managers are now generally dissatisfied with budgeting processes and ought to be considering… Read more
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Description
Description
The survey in this CIMA research report explored claims in recent literature that managers are now generally dissatisfied with budgeting processes and ought to be considering methods that move beyond budgeting.
Tests were undertaken to discover:
- What attitudes financial and non-financial managers in the survey companies had towards budgeting and whether these differed between the two groups
- What changes had taken place in budgetary practice and how finance and non-finance managers perceived these changes
- Which underlying factors were most likely to cause negative attitudes towards the consequences of budgeting amongst respondents
This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the current use and changing use of budgets in medium-large organisations.
By combining the use of questionnaires, interviews and company visits with statistical analysis techniques, the research is able to provide key insights into finance and non-finance manager attitudes towards budgets.
The book is highly relevant to practitioners and students as it highlights the actual practice and use of budgets in medium-large companies, rather than presenting theoretical concepts and academic hypotheses.
Tests were undertaken to discover:
- What attitudes financial and non-financial managers in the survey companies had towards budgeting and whether these differed between the two groups
- What changes had taken place in budgetary practice and how finance and non-finance managers perceived these changes
- Which underlying factors were most likely to cause negative attitudes towards the consequences of budgeting amongst respondents
This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the current use and changing use of budgets in medium-large organisations.
By combining the use of questionnaires, interviews and company visits with statistical analysis techniques, the research is able to provide key insights into finance and non-finance manager attitudes towards budgets.
The book is highly relevant to practitioners and students as it highlights the actual practice and use of budgets in medium-large companies, rather than presenting theoretical concepts and academic hypotheses.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a broad understanding of the current use and recent changes in the use of budgets
- Explains what has caused these changes and what is driving future change
- Investigates whether, and why, management accountants and non-financial managers have similar attitudes to budgeting and any recent changes
Readership
Readership
Finance Directors; Finance Managers; Management Accountants; Business Managers; Academics and Students
Table of contents
Table of contents
The survey results
The changing face of budgeting practice
Analysis of the survey data
The field studies
Structures and budgets
Summary
Conclusion, discusses the findings and provides a number of concluding observations
Appendix, Further factor analysis
The changing face of budgeting practice
Analysis of the survey data
The field studies
Structures and budgets
Summary
Conclusion, discusses the findings and provides a number of concluding observations
Appendix, Further factor analysis
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 17, 2013
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Stephen Lyne
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Bristol Business School; Joint Director- Bristol Centre of Management Accounting Research; Senior Lecture in Accounting and Management, Univeristy of BristolDD
David Dugdale
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Management Accounting, Department of Accounting and Finance, Univeristy of Bristol, UK; Director of Research for Bristol Business School; Director of BRICMAR