Beyond the allure of budgeting : assessing the suitability of budget for organisational performance in the 21st century

• Autorzy: Nwagbara U.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Poza budżetowaniem : ocena przydatności budżetu na działania organizacyjne w 21 wieku

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Budgets are important instruments for organisational management, control and planning. Following the urgency of contemporary business challenges and radical shift in business structure owing to global financial volatility, there is a growing need to rethink budgeting. Also, factors such as increasing shareholders' expectations, impact of new technology, knowledge economy, innovation and other organisational integers have impacted on how managers think of firms in relation to budgeting. Given the limitations posed by traditional budgeting system as well as the urgency of recent global financial meltdown, there is pressure on managers and leaders to devise other ways to effectively manage organisations for productivity and competitiveness. In this paper, the Balanced Scorecard model will be used as an alternative method to traditional budgeting system. Consequently, the major concern of this paper is to articulate the limitations of (traditional) budgeting in relation to the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) method as well as in the context of what Hope and Fraser (2003) called ''Beyond Budgeting'' schema for more effective ways of managing organisations in the 21st century. The dilemma of ''annual performance trap'' is also implicated in this light. As budget restricts innovative, fluid and value-generating ways of managing organisations through its instrumentality of control and mechanistic coordination, troubled or distressed organisations are struggling to leverage on their opportunities. This adversely affects productivity levels.

PL

Budżety są ważnymi instrumentami zarządzania organizacyjnego, kontroli i planowania. Podążając za współczesnymi wyzwaniami gospodarczymi i radykalną zmianą struktury gospodarczej, spowodowanej zmiennością światowych rynków finansowych, występuje coraz większa potrzeba ponownego przemyślenia budżetu. Także, czynniki takie jak zwiększone oczekiwania akcjonariuszy, wpływ nowych technologii, gospodarka oparta na wiedzy, innowacje i inne czynniki organizacyjne, wpłynęły na to jak menadżerowie myślą o firmach w relacji do budżetowania. Ze względu na ograniczenia stawiane przez tradycyjny system budżetowania jak również ze względu na ostatnią, finansową zapaść globalną, występuje nacisk na menedżerów i liderów aby opracowali oni inne sposoby efektywnego zarządzania organizacjami w zakresie produktywności i konkurencyjności. W niniejszym artykule użyty został model Zrównoważonej Karty Wyników jako alternatywnej metody w stosunku do tradycyjnego systemu budżetowania. W związku z tym, głównym problemem tego artykułu jest wyrażenie ograniczeń (tradycyjnego) budżetowania w stosunku do Zrównoważonej Karty Wyników, jak również w kontekście tego co, jak Hope i Fraser (2003) nazwał schematem "Poza budżetowaniem" dla bardziej efektywnych sposobów zarządzania organizacjami w 21 wieku. Dylemat "pułapki rocznej wydajności" także został zamieszczony w niniejszym artykule. Jak budżet ogranicza innowacyjność, wpływa i generuje wartość sposobów zarządzania organizacjami poprzez instrumenty kontroli i mechanicznej koordynacji. To wszystko negatywnie wpływa na poziom produktywności.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

balanced scorecard; budgeting; global financial crisis; organisational performance

PL

zrównoważona karta wyników; budżetowanie; globalny kryzys finansowy; wydajność organizacyjna

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: Vol. 5
• Strony: 73--85
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 39 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Nwagbara U.

• University of Wales, United Kingdom,

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