UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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Notes: FIN 303 Spring 09‚ Part 8 – Topics in Capital Budgeting Professor James P. Dow‚ Jr. Part 8. Topics in Capital Budgeting In part 7 we learned the basics of capital budgeting. However‚ we ignored some of the complications that can arise when evaluating projects. In this section we look at a few of those issues. How Uncertainty Affects the Capital Budgeting Decision Every project has uncertainty and so we need to determine how risk affects how we make decisions. Large corporations often use
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QUESTION 1 – Budgeting Process and Budgetary Control I have been asked to advise two entirely different businesses about the benefits and problems associated with what is termed the “traditional approach to budgeting and budgetary control”. One of the businesses operates in a very stable and static market place‚ where there is little change in either products or demand year on year‚ whereas the other business operates in a very dynamic‚ rapidly changing‚ innovative environment. If my findings
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future." Budgeting actually refers to the process that‚ after the strategic plan of the business has been made‚ companies made a short term plan (usually one year) to meet the strategic purpose. Traditional budgeting has offered a lot of contributions in so many years’ practice. But it seems it is more and more unsuitable for the modern business. In this paper‚ I will give a brief induction for traditional budgeting; and then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional budgeting; last I
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Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria Brigham and Daves Ch. 12 Christopher B. Alt CFA PhD What Is Capital Budgeting? Analysis of potential additions to fixed assets Long-term decisions typically involving large $ expenditures Making the ‘right’ capital budgeting decisions is enormously important to a firm’s future Should we build this plant? All rights reserved - Christopher B. Alt 2 Key Steps in Capital Budgeting Estimate CFs (inflows & outflows) Assess riskiness of CFs Determine
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The budgeting process and the end product‚ the budget‚ comprise two essential elements of multinational management: planning and control. Planning is the primary function of the budgeting process and the result‚ the budget‚ provides the basis for subsequent monitoring and control of activities. For a multinational firm‚ with geographically dispersed subsidiaries to coordinate and control‚ an ineffective planning and control system can be disastrous. For the typical multinational firm‚ the budgeting
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a different year. Coke asked the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to block the votes of the Indian shareholders who would control 49% of Coke. Change in oversight of the FIPB: Past lobbying efforts made useless. Contd … Slide 16: Could these problems have been forecasted prior to market entry? Probably not Inconsistent‚ and changing government. How could these developments in the political arena have been handled differently? Coke could of agreed to start new bottling plants instead of buying
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Planning and Budgeting in Developing Countries – “Shrinking the P” Posted by Richard Allen[1] In most advanced western countries‚ the use of a national development plan as the primary tool of policy-making died out two generations ago‚ as it largely did in countries of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. However‚ national development planning continues to be a dominant policy instrument in many low-income and emerging market economies. Similarly‚ public investment plans (PIPs)‚ which
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CHAPTER 29 Capital Budgeting Meaning The term Capital Budgeting refers to the long-term planning for proposed capital outlays or expenditure for the purpose of maximizing return on investments. The capital expenditure may be : (1) Cost of mechanization‚ automation and replacement. (2) Cost of acquisition of fixed assets. e.g.‚ land‚ building and machinery etc. (3) Investment on research and development. (4) Cost of development and expansion of existing and new projects. DEFINITION OF CAPITAL
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5 : Capital Budgeting Practices in Selected Indian Companies 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Data Analysis and Findings 5.3 Conclusion 129 Chapter 5 : Capital Budgeting Practices in Selected Indian Companies 5.1 Introduction: This chapter examines the trend in capital budgeting practices of twenty eight companies operating in different industry. The search for a reliable method of project appraisal dates back to decades. The issue not only continues to be a matter of concern
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