Chapter 2

Should budgets come from the top or the bottom?

Ngân sách nên áp từ trên, hay đề từ dưới?

The chapter's question

Where does my budget start from?

Big idea

Both approaches fail in their own way, so most companies need the two to meet in the middle.

In this chapter

  1. Part 2.1

    Starting From the Goal

    What does this approach miss?

  2. Part 2.2

    Starting From the Teams

    What behaviour does this approach create?

  3. Part 2.3

    Where They Meet

    Who negotiates the gap?

  4. Part 2.4

    Padding in the Lines

    How do I spot the padding?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of Budgets and Who Owns Them is free to read right here.

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Chapters of Budgets and Who Owns Them

  1. 1.Is a budget a forecast, or a promise?
  2. 2.Should budgets come from the top or the bottom?
  3. 3.Who guards a budget line with no owner?
  4. 4.Is revising the budget mid-year flexibility or defeat?
  5. 5.Is cutting every department equally really fair?