L2: Middle Management → L2: Finance and Admin.

Budgetary Planning and Control (2F01)


Description
COURSE OVERVIEW:

Budgeting is for most managers a time consuming and often frustrating process, in which you may find yourself competing for resources with other managers in the organization. Moreover, you may also be required to report against budgets for which you may feel you have limited control.

In this course, you will learn how to take more control over the budgeting process, and identify ways in which you can ensure your budgeting process and reporting processes work for your business unit, and enhance business performance. The course provides tools to enable you to review the effectiveness of the organization’s budgetary planning process in supporting the delivery of the organization’s strategic objectives, and review the organization’s systems, procedures and reporting mechanisms that are used to monitor progress against budgets and their objectives.

COURSE DETAILS
- Suitable For: Middle Managers and staff tasked with managing the budgeting process in a department.
- Course Duration: 12 - 16 hours
- Certification: Download your Certificate on completion
- Additional Resources: Download comprehensive Learners manual, additional articles and worksheets

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Content
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 1 - Getting Started
  • Section 1: Budgeting and Planning
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 2 - Understanding Budgeting
  • Video - Introduction to Budgeting
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 3 - Planning and Budgeting
  • Video - Monthly Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 4 - The Budgeting Process
  • Video - The Budgeting Process
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 5 - Finalizing the Budget
  • Budgetary Planning and Control - Quiz 1
  • Section 2: Controlling the Budget
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 6 - Implementing the Budget
  • Video - Responsibility Accounting
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 7 - Controlling the Budget
  • Video - Variance Analysis
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 8 - The Reporting Process
  • Video - Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Video - Evaluation of Performance
  • Section 3: Improving Budget Management
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 9 - Best Practice
  • Video - Zero Based Budgeting
  • Budgetary Planning and Control 10 - Wrapping Up
  • Budgetary Planning and Control - Quiz 2
  • Budgetary Planning and Control - Course Evaluation
Completion rules
  • You must complete 80.00% of the content
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever