In search of best practice for budgetary control in organisations, this book explores the relationships between budget behaviour and the state of corporate management style, culture and policies. The theoretical and empirical evidence presented in the book suggests that: (a) budgeting, contrary to its articulated roles in the literature, may be unsuitable as a strategy for influencing goal commitment and performance, (b) there are specific organisational behaviours which must be developed and embedded in an establishment in support of budgetary control, (c) those specific behaviours are...
In search of best practice for budgetary control in organisations, this book explores the relationships between budget behaviour and the state of corp...