A budget expresses thoughts with numbers. Numbers can be financial like income and cash flow or non-financial like time and volume. Expressing thoughts with financial and non-financial numbers can be done through a variety of methods. One method is zero based budgeting which like all methods has strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of this article is to examine the strengths and weaknesses of zero based budgeting.
The title of my LinkedIn profile is “Finance Influencer.” My LinkedIn profile summary contains the titles of accountant, lecturer, and writer. One could conclude that I do not need another title however a situation has arisen in which another title is necessary. The situation is the criticism of budgets. The criticism has presented an opportunity to assume the title of defender and as a defender I would like to defend budgets.
During 2019 I have contributed articles to FP&A Trends that have addressed financial planning. The articles have addressed financial planning from the perspectives of financial statements, fields of study, and business functions. The purpose of addressing financial planning from these perspectives is to provide insights into usage. Usage of financial planning is important because it begins a process of improving financial health. Improving financial health can be achieved when finance professionals use financial planning.
Businesses exist in order to improve the well-being of others. One approach businesses use for achieving this goal is the concept of people/process/technology. In businesses the element of technology is the responsibility of information technology (IT) departments; information technology is responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of technology. How can information technology improve its ability to acquire, maintain, and enhance technology? An answer is financial planning, thinking about how businesses can accumulate wealth.
Businesses exist in order to improve the well-being of others. One approach businesses use for achieving this goal is the concept of people/process/technology. In businesses the element of people is the responsibility of human resources; human resources is responsible for the acquisition, compensation, and teaching of people. How can human resources improve its ability to acquire, compensate, and teach people? An answer is financial planning, thinking about how businesses can accumulate wealth.
The purpose of your company’s administrative function is to support what your company sells. Support consists of departments like finance, human resources, and information technology; future articles will describe these departments in greater detail. The focus of this article is on administration as a whole.
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One of the characteristics people use to describe me is well-read which is appropriate because I enjoy reading material that covers a variety of fields. One of the fields I cover is sports because it provides connections to finance. While covering sports I found material that represents a connection to budgets and the connection is the leadership style of a football manager, Jurgen Klopp.
The sixth meeting of the Boston FP&A Board was held on February 27, 2020, to address a popular subject of Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB). What is new in ZBB of the 21st century? How can it be useful for addressing the challenges of traditional budgeting culture
A budget expresses thoughts with numbers. Numbers can be financial like income and cash flow or non-financial like time and volume. Expressing thoughts with financial and non-financial numbers can be done through a variety of methods. One method is zero based budgeting which like all methods has strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of this article is to examine the strengths and weaknesses of zero based budgeting.
The title of my LinkedIn profile is “Finance Influencer.” My LinkedIn profile summary contains the titles of accountant, lecturer, and writer. One could conclude that I do not need another title however a situation has arisen in which another title is necessary. The situation is the criticism of budgets. The criticism has presented an opportunity to assume the title of defender and as a defender I would like to defend budgets.