The Easy Step by Step Guide to Better Budgeting for Your Business
Published on 9. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
115 pages
978-0-9532987-8-5 (ISBN)
Description
In an increasingly cost-conscious world, control over an organization's income and expenditure is vital. For most successful organizations this control begins with a budgeting process that sets the scene and forms the basis for the business operation for the year ahead. But for many people budgeting is a time-consuming nuisance to be endured with as little patience and commitment as is possible, sometimes with little or no understanding of what it entails. This guide aims to help the reader to design and implement budgeting procedures that encourage and support good financial management. It should assist in more effective management of resources and show how to produce good financial results.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hampshire
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 136 mm
Weight
183 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9532987-8-5 (9780953298785)
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Person
After a 'first career' during which he held senior general management and executive positions in the engineering , manufacturing and financial services industries, in 1987 Brian became freelance consultant working with large and small organisations, from private to public sectors, to improve organisation performance through stategic change and training. Brian is a business graduate, Chartered Secretary, and a member of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.
Content
About the author Introduction How to use this guide What this guide covers What you will learn from this guide Chapter 1 So, what is a budget? Cost Centres In summary Chapter 2 Categories of costs Capital Costs and Revenue Costs Direct Costs and Indirect Costs Fixed Costs and Variable Costs In summary Chapter 3 Costing techniques Total Absorption Costing Marginal Costing Break-even calculations Margin of Safety Profit-protected break-even calcualations Calculating break-even points for changing values Competitive Costing Cost apportionment Opportunity Costs In summary Chapter 4 Budgets and Budgeting Budgeting Techniques Incremental Budgeting Zero-based Budgeting Contingency Budgeting Keeping a budget journal Flexed Budgeting Seasonally Analysed Budgeting In summary Chapter 5 Budgetary Control Variance Analysis Cumulative Budget Analysis In summary Chapter 6 A Budget System Check List Start a Budget Journal Understand your costs Calculate the numbers Predict the future Create the budget! Prepare for monitoring Other guides in the series