Federal Budgeting and Accounting Cayce Harris ACC-548 01-15-2015 Mindi Smedley Federal Budgeting and Accounting What roles do accountants play in managing government and not-for-profit organizations? According to Granof‚ “conventional‚ business-type management accounting focuses mainly on maximizing net inflow of cash. The aims of governments and not-for-profit organizations‚ of course‚ go well beyond maximizing cash flow” (Granof‚ 2013). Accountants in government and not-for-profit organizations
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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STAGES IN BUDGETING PROCESS Budgeting is such an essential part for organization and it move through numbers of procedure. The process for the preparation of budget might be varied from one organization to another before it could be finally accepted. Here are some sort of important stages in budgeting process as follow: Stage 1: Establish who will take responsibility for the budget-setting process It is crucial part to ensure that the committee who responsible to the budget has real authority
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The Role of Participation in Budgeting Introduction Although participation in budgeting may enforce the managerial performance‚ it has constrains and can cause some problems as well. This article analyses the possible advantages and limitations of the role of participation in budget setting. In the next section‚ the possible merits of budgetary participation are demonstrated. This is followed by a section that explains the equivocation existing in the relationship between budgetary participation
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CHAPTER 6 PRODUCTION EXERCISES 4. A political campaign manager must decide whether to emphasize television advertisements or letters to potential voters in a reelection campaign. Describe the production function for campaign votes. How might information about this function (such as the shape of the isoquants) help the campaign manager to plan strategy? The output of concern to the campaign manager is the number of votes. The production function has two inputs‚ television advertising and
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Plan Case: Multinational Capital Budgeting China & Australia Hypothetical Incorporated MBA AF 626 Fall 2011 International Financial Management Professor XX XX XX XX XX Table of Contents PART I – Analysis: Australia vs. China A. Country Analysis 1. Economic Environment 3 2. Social Environment 10 3. Political Environment 12 B. Industry Analysis 1. Aluminum Industry in Australia 17 2. Airline Industry in China 18 PART II-Capital Budget Analysis 1
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Behavioral Aspects of Budgeting The technical process for setting a budget emphasizes the need for involvement at all stages of the process. In an ideal world that would produce the best solution. However‚ the world is not ideal and not everyone can be allowed to do exactly as he or she would wish at the first instance. So potential conflicts arise and those involved in the budgetary process need to be aware of the behavioral aspects in order to maximize the good points and minimize the problems
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Performance based budgeting The budget remains the single most important issue facing the courts. Since the financial crisis of 2008‚ the budgets for the federal judiciary have been decreased roughly 8 percent‚ i.e. $555 million from $7 billion a year. The judiciary reduced its overall workforce through layoffs by 5‚400 court staff‚ which is roughly one quarter of its total workforce. Unfortunately‚ the organization has to follow the budgets. Budget cuts are gradually harming court system and
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H. J. HEINZ: ESTIMATING THE COST OF CAPITAL IN UNCERTAIN TIMES Heinz is an established processed food manufacturing giant‚ with $10 billion in revenues and 29‚600 employees around the globe. Heinz operates in over 200 countries. The company is organized into business segments based on regions: North American consumer products‚ Europe Foodservice‚ Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. Around 60% of the company revenues were from outside United States and the company is increasingly focusing on
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BUDGETING AND BUDGETARY CONTROL . Budget A plan quantified in monetary terms and approved prior to a defined period of time‚ usually showing planned income to be generated and for expenditure to be incurred during that period‚ to attain a given objective. The preparation of budgets is not something that can be carried out by accountants alone. It requires the participation of many managers and other personnel to ensure that the plans for the forthcoming period are translated
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