CPA Australia Strategic Management Accounting — Module 3: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting.
Listen-along study episode covering how budgets link to strategy, how master budgets and forecasts are built, variance analysis, behavioural issues, and alternatives to the traditional annual budget.
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What this episode covers
• How operational plans, budgets and forecasts support the strategic plan
• Developing master budgets, flexible budgets and financial forecasts
• Variance analysis as a planning and control tool
• Behavioural issues: participative budgeting, targets and incentives
• Limits of traditional annual budgets
• Alternative approaches: incremental, zero-based, activity-based and Beyond Budgeting
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