Author: Aaron Wildavsky
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: budgeting, revised, processes, theory, comparative
Number of Pages: 425
Published: 1986-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0887386040
ISBN-13: 9780887386046
In this completely revised edition of his classic work, Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men live in a particular political culture. In dealing directly with the universe of governmental activity, Wildavsky uses reliable accounts of how budgeting is carried on to capture a great deal of national political life. The focus is explicitly comparative. After developing a general theory of budgeting; he analyzes four rich countries - Britain, France
Author: Richard Barrett
Publisher: CIMA Publishing
Keywords: budgeting, based, toolkit, driver, enterprise, agile, planning
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-07-25
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0750683279
ISBN-13: 9780750683272
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.
Author: James Cutt
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Keywords: budgeting, sur, monographies, administration, base, publique, canadienne, zero, non, profit, evolution, application, public
Number of Pages: 154
Published: 1984
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0919696422
ISBN-13: 9780919696426
Author: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and De
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: oecd, budgeting, mexico, review, volume, journal, supplement
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2010-01-22
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 926407340x
ISBN-13: 9789264073401
Over the past decade, Mexico has undergone significant economic and political reform. This period has witnessed important improvements in the health of public finances which should place Mexico in a better position to withstand the current global economic crisis.; Since 2006, the Mexican government has introduced a number of laws and reforms that aim to address structural challenges, improve fiscal responsibility and transparency, and create a budget process and fiscal framework that are more efficient and transparent and more in line with international practices. this;review discusses the re
Author: Roy T. Meyers
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: budgeting, strategic
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1996-11-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0472084143
ISBN-13: 9780472084142
Strategic Budgeting offers a new way to understand how federal budget deficits developed. Rejecting the incrementalist theory of budgetary strategy, this study focuses on the micro level--the competitive process of budgeting for individual programs--to advance a theory based on the changing structural characteristics of the budgetary process itself. The book illustrates how advocates for spending have creatively taken advantage of flawed accounting practices to make costs less visible and documents how they designed programs to avoid budgetary controls. Strategic Budgeting also shows how contr
Author: Sylvia S. Lim
Publisher: Self-Counsel Press
Keywords: kit, budgeting, personal
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2005-10
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1551806541
ISBN-13: 9781551806549
Take control of your finances! Do you find yourself living from paycheck to paycheck? Do you worry about how you can make your next credit card payments? Even worse, do you feel helpless when you try to think about how you’ll ever manage to retire at 65 (let alone freedom 55) or do you try not to think about it at all? Most important, do you feel overwhelmed at the idea of coming up with a personal budgeting plan? If the answer is yes to any or all of these questions, this kit is for you. It’s a step-by-step guide to getting yourself back on track financially for the rest of
Author: David C. Nice
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: budgeting, public
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 2001-10-09
List price: $82.95
ISBN-10: 0495063185
ISBN-13: 9780495063186
The author’s primary emphasis is on the national budgeting process, with additional coverage of state and local processes. His goal is to bridge the gap between public budgeting and public finance/financial administration.
