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AS Business StudiesBudgets
Today you will know what a budget is.
You will understand why budgets are set and you will apply this to the case study
Unit 2a: Managing the Business
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Budgeting is the process of setting targets covering all aspects of costs and revenues.
A budget is a financial plan that sets out an organisation’s expected costs and revenues over a given period of time.
Budgets set out the policy to be pursued and anticipated outcomes from this policy
Budgeting
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The Role of a budget Ensures a business does not overspend
Allocating large budgets to particular departments/divisions establishes priorities for a firm e.g. mobile phone company 3 allocates large budgets to developing 3G mobile phones
Budgets encourage delegation of responsibility and allow decisions to be made by managers who are more knowledgeable of the department/division than senior managers at the top of the hierarchy.
Assign responsibility to the budget holder, therefore much easier to trace mistakes and recognise success
Improve efficiency
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Time consuming
Management need the skill to do this
May not understand the department well
Need good research data
Level of inflation (prices) may be difficult to predict
The budget may be imposed
Problems of setting budgets
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Benefits of using budgets
They provide direction and co-ordination. Budgets ensure spending is geared towards the aims of the business rather than the individual.
Giving staff responsibility for budgets and recognition when budget targets are met has a motivating effect. Pay and rewards may be linked to staff meeting budgets.
Working to budget restrictions improves efficiency
Monitoring and reviewing budgets allows successes and failures to be investigated.
Budgeting encourages careful evaluation of future possibilities and realistic planning.
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Drawbacks in using budgets Budgets are difficult to monitor fairly, and honesty is
required from the budget holder
Budget allocations may be incorrect. Insufficient allocations restrict the activities of the company and can be de-motivating for staff.
Savings may be sought that are not in the interests of the firm. To keep within a budget a manager may make a cost cutting decision in the short-term which may lower the quality of the good produced and damage sales in the long term.
Changes may not be allowed for when a budget is reviewed.
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Zero Budgeting A system of setting budgets where managers must justify
all of the money allocated to them to ensure it is not excessive.
Advantages
Encourages budget holders to plan carefully
Identifies changes in needs for a business. It avoids declining areas accumulating big budgets
It can save money
Disadvantages
Can be very time consuming
Skilled negotiators may be able to accumulate higher budgets when they may not be necessary
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Variances
Differences between actual and budgeted figures
E.g. Budgeted advertising spending = £5,000,000 Actual spending = £6,000,000 Variance = £1,000,000
Favourable variance – when costs are lower than expected or sales are higher than expected
Adverse (unfavourable) Variance – Costs are higher or revenue is lower than expected
Adverse Variance
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Student activity
Exam style question:
Sharrocks plc is a clothes retailer with 120 branches across the UK. The company has a reputation for selling highly
fashionable products. Examine the benefits the company might gain from delegating budgets
(8 marks)
Mark breakdown:Content Knowledge of theory (2 marks) Application Relating your answer to the case (1 mark)Analysis Using the correct theory and the appropriate
business language to fully develop the answer (3marks)
Evaluation Making a judgement based on arguments (2 marks)
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Introduction with definition of budgets and why business set them. (AO 1: Knowledge)
Advantages of setting budgets with particular focus and examples from the company the question is focused upon
(AO 2: Application & AO 3: Analysis)
Disadvantages applied to the case(AO 2: Application & AO 3: Analysis)
Conclusion with a judgement which answers the question based on your arguments in the essay.
(AO 4: Evaluation)
Structure of essay
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Possible answers could include a definition of a budget plus:
Advantages of delegating budgets
Motivating for staff as they are empowered and take ownership of decisions, better decision making as local managers are more knowledgeable of own store
it is a fashion store so tastes and fashions change so stores can set their own budgets accordingly, budget holders are accountable and mistakes can be easily
traced, success can be rewarded
Disadvantages of delegating budgets
Loss of control from senior management, requires honesty from budget holders, budget holders may not have sufficient skills, may lose consistency across the
firm and not work towards common goal of company
Answer
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Case Study: And so this is Christmas
Read the case study and complete questions 1 -
4
(25 Marks: 30 Minutes)
Remember to use the assessment objectives to achieve FULL marks