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Performance Management
Lecture 1
An overview
Dr. Haider Shah
Dr. George H. Papadopoulos
Semester B
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Reading sources
Management & Cost Accounting
Bhimani et al
Module Guide
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Learning Objectives?
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Have an overview of the module
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Review basic concepts relating to
performance
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Understand how budgeting is used
as an instrument of performance
management
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Assessment
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Coursework
Exam
40%
60%
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Performance Management
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Defining Performance
“Performance is the record of outcomes
achieved in carrying out a specified job aspect
during a specified period”
Kane (1996: 125)
outcomes
specified period
specified job aspect
(Management by Results, MBR)
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Results & Behaviour Framework
Positive
Behaviour
Negative
Results
Did not
Achieved
Achieve
Positive
Positive
Success
Failure
Negative
Negative
Success
Failure
(Brumbach, 1988: p 388)
Two dimensional typology of success and failure to view the notion
of performance. Performance can be a ‘positive success’ if both
results and behaviour were positive. It will be a ‘negative
failure’ if both behaviour and results are negative. Performance
can be a ‘negative success’ if results are positive but behaviour
was negative.
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Budgeting!
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Planning to Budgeting
What’s common in having a gadget,
throwing a party or buying a book?
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Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Strategy
Formulation
Goals
Plans
Budgets
Standards
Targets
Measure
Outcomes
Fitzgerald et al, 1991
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Definition
“A Budget is a quantitative statement, for a
defined period of time, prepared and
agreed in advance, showing planned
revenues, costs, assets, liabilities and
cash flows”. (CIMA)
“The budget for an organization is
essentially a model of the expected
physical, financial and (to a limited
extent) non-financial consequences of
all its activities for a certain period in
the future.”
(Wilson & Chua 1993)
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Planning and Control
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planning
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Long term
Planning process
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Short term
Budgeting process
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Control
Identify Objectives
Search for alternative
Courses of action
Gather information about
alternatives
Select alternative courses
of action
Implement decision
 Compare actual and planned
outcome
 Respond to divergences
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Why do we need budgets?
They are generally essential for
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CONTROL
CO-ORDINATION
COMMUNICATION
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Functions -1
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Quantification of plans
Ensuring plans are financed
Controlling resources and
performance
Otley (1996): p 290
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Functions - 2
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Forecasting
Planning
Communication
Co-ordination
Authorisation
Motivation
Evaluation
Few People can carry a male elephant
EQL (UMA)
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Budget Terminology
Planning
Establishment of objectives, and the
formulation, evaluation and
selection of the policies, strategies,
tactics and action required to
achieve them.
CIMA Official terminology
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The Budget period
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A segment of time for which
budget is prepared and used
Can be sub-divided into 12 or 13
control periods.
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Budget manual
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Instruction manual governing the
creation of the budgets within an
enterprise.
Contents:
 Objectives of process explained
 Organisational structures
 Principal budgets
 Administrative details
 Procedural issues
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Budget committee
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Functions of:
 Co-ordination
 Issuing of timetables
 Allocation of responsibilities
 Provision of information
 Communication of final budgets
 Continuous assessment
Assisted by a budget officer; reps
from all parts of business
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The budget – where do we start?
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The principal budget factor – that
which limits the activities of the
organisation.
Potential ones are:-
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The budget process
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The process will differ from one
organisation to another
Preparation may take weeks or
months
Budget committee may meet
several times
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Steps in preparation
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Identify limiting budget factor
Preparation on sales budget
Preparation of finished goods
budget
Preparation of production budget
Preparation of budgets for
production processes
Prepare raw materials inventory
budget
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Steps in preparation
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Prepare
budget
Prepare
Prepare
Prepare
Prepare
raw materials purchases
overhead cost budgets
overhead absorption rates
Cash budget
Master budget
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Private study
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What are different types of
budgeting methods? In what way
Zero base budgeting and Rolling
budgets improve upon traditional
method of incremental budgeting?
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