Essays about: "budgeting in management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the words budgeting in management.

  1. 16. What Anchors New Strategies? The Role of MCS Hierarchies in Strategic Change Towards Sustainability

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Amanda Blomdahl; Hugo Nordström; [2020]
    Keywords : Strategic change; Sustainability; Management control anchor practices; Organisational identity;

    Abstract : In this paper, we conduct a single case study of the R&D department of TransportCo to explore the role of hierarchies within MCS (Management Control System) packages in reprioritizing R&D efforts to drive strategic change towards sustainability. Through integrating strategic change literature and the notion of anchor practices, we show how MCSs play unequally important parts in implementing strategic change. READ MORE

  3. 17. To BI or Not to BI: Business Intelligence Role in Budgeting

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Nåvik; Rostedt Lydia; [2020]
    Keywords : budgeting; management control; traditional budget; beyond budgeting; rolling forecasts; zero-based budgeting; business intelligence; target; resource allocation; forecast;

    Abstract : Budgeting has a long tradition within management control but has faced criticism for being too expensive, time-consuming and irrelevant due to the inflexible nature of traditional fixed budgeting. In an increasingly volatile business environment, organizations need to move beyond the historical view inaugurated by the traditional budget and towards a more dynamically conducted budget that adapts to the environment. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Initial Stage of Beyond Budgeting Implementation: A Case Study of an Automotive Company

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Lorena Velazquez; Terezie Urmaničová; [2019-08-09]
    Keywords : MAC; Beyond Budgeting; Performance Steering; Culture; Leaders; Factors; Barriers; Challenges; Implementation process;

    Abstract : This case study aims to understand the initial stage of a new Performance Steering Initiative (PSI) which replace the traditional budget in a Business Unit (BU) of a Company from the Automotive Industry. It focuses on advancing forces and barriers of change at the initial phase of Beyond Budgeting implementation. READ MORE

  5. 19. Applying Earned Value Managementin Service Projects : A Case Study at Saab Surveillance

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : Caroline Jansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Earned Value Management EVM ; Project Management; Performance Evaluation; Performance Measurement; Service Projects; ANSI EIA-748; Earned Value Management EVM ; Projektledning; Prestationsutvärdering; Prestandamätning; Serviceprojekt; ANSI EIA-748;

    Abstract : For organisations to stay competitive, continuous improvements and development are needed.Organisations handling complex services, structured in projects, find difficulties in understanding the project performance. READ MORE

  6. 20. Playing the Game - A Study of Budgetary Gamesmanship within Financial Planning Processes.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Drummond-Brown; Sonja Sófusdóttir; [2018]
    Keywords : Budgeting; Gamesmanship; Budget Gaming; Financial Planning; Information Asymmetry.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research is to look into different financial planning processes and approaches and see whether gaming behavior is more predominant in one financial planning process or approach over the other as theory suggests. Additionally, the research aims to identify whether performance measures directly tied to financial planning targets are evident and whether this could be the root cause of the continuous gaming behaviors, despite the various new budgeting alternatives and approaches introduced which aim to reduce them. READ MORE