Preparing a budget : expert solutions to everyday challenges.
Preparing a budget : expert solutions to everyday challenges.
- Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (x, 85 pages) : illustrations.
- Pocket mentor series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Mentor's message : the power of a well-prepared budget -- Preparing a budget : the basics -- An overview of budgeting -- What is a budget? -- How does the budgeting process work? -- Why is a budget valuable? -- Types of budgets -- Approaches to preparing a budget -- Traditional budgeting -- Alternative approaches -- Kaizen budgeting -- Budgeting and the balanced scorecard -- Categorizing expenses -- Fixed and variable costs -- Allocated costs -- Activity-based costing -- Activity-based budgeting -- Preparing an operating budget -- Defining your goals -- Articulating your assumptions -- Forecasting sales -- Forecasting revenues -- Forecasting cost of goods sold -- Estimating SG&A costs -- Calculating operating income -- Exploring "what-if" scenarios -- Preparing a capital budget -- What is a capital budget? -- Capital budgeting techniques -- When your budget and reality differ -- What is variance? -- What causes it? -- Tips and tools -- Tools for preparing a budget -- Test yourself -- Key terms -- To learn more.
9781422136584
Budget in business.
Electronic Books.
HG4028 / .P747 2009
Includes bibliographies and index.
Mentor's message : the power of a well-prepared budget -- Preparing a budget : the basics -- An overview of budgeting -- What is a budget? -- How does the budgeting process work? -- Why is a budget valuable? -- Types of budgets -- Approaches to preparing a budget -- Traditional budgeting -- Alternative approaches -- Kaizen budgeting -- Budgeting and the balanced scorecard -- Categorizing expenses -- Fixed and variable costs -- Allocated costs -- Activity-based costing -- Activity-based budgeting -- Preparing an operating budget -- Defining your goals -- Articulating your assumptions -- Forecasting sales -- Forecasting revenues -- Forecasting cost of goods sold -- Estimating SG&A costs -- Calculating operating income -- Exploring "what-if" scenarios -- Preparing a capital budget -- What is a capital budget? -- Capital budgeting techniques -- When your budget and reality differ -- What is variance? -- What causes it? -- Tips and tools -- Tools for preparing a budget -- Test yourself -- Key terms -- To learn more.
9781422136584
Budget in business.
Electronic Books.
HG4028 / .P747 2009