Planning and Budgeting for the Agile Enterprise: A Driver-based Budgeting Toolkit (平装) 0750683279

Planning and Budgeting is one of the hottest topics in accounting; global spending on budgeting software is booming and is predicted to continue to grow throughout this decade. It's big business. This book focuses on 'Driver-Based' budgeting (ie using external and internal non-financial drivers to predict live item expenses). The book shows the benefits that Driver-Based Budgeting brings and as such is a 'tool kit for change'. Case studies and worked examples are used throughout to ensure understanding, as well as checklists on implementation issues. . Transform the process of implementing new budgeting software with Driver-Based Budgeting . Shows how organisations can slash the time and cost involved in preparing their annual budget . Accountants learn how to manage uncertainty and quickly assess the impact of both internal and external changes Planning and budgeting is one of the hottest topics in financial management with spending on budgeting software predicted to continue on its steady growth. Yet research suggests that while implementing new systems resolves problems for the finance function, too often it brings little benefit to the wider organization. This toolkit is a must for anyone involved in budgeting showing how to transform the process with driver-based budgeting. With its help you can: *Slash the time and cost involved in preparing your annual budget allowing you to rapidly re-forecast your revenues and expenses *Manage uncertainty by quickly assessing the impact of both changes in the markets and those inside the organisation, and revising your plans and budgets accordingly *Quickly realign resources and expenses right across the organization The book will be particularly helpful to management accountants, financial directors and chief financial officers, as well as students and management accountants studying for professional examinations Richard Barrett is Director of Enterprise Performance Management Marketing for Business Objects in EMEA. He started his career in pharmaceuticals, received an MBA in 1981 and became a Fellow if the Chartered Institute of Marketing in 1990. He has worked in consultancy, national and international positions in consumer marketing, insurance and business-to-business marketing. he first became involved in planning and budgeting as Planning Manager for DHL Express in Europe in the late '80s and has continued his interest in teh topic ever since. In 200, he joined ALG Software, a leading provider of software for driver-based approaches to budgeting, which became part of Business Objects in 2006. he regularly speaks at performance management events and presents a course of driver-based budgeting for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

出版社	CIMA Publishing
作者	Richard Barrett