BUDGETING & REPORTING: Blogger and columnist Steve Player supplies the Business Finance community with reporting and commentary examining the evolution of the budgeting and reporting function. Steve is the North American Program Director, Beyond Budgeting Round Table.
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Organizations are increasingly ready to jump straight into finance transformation efforts, rather than dilly-dally in discussions about the need for change, says blogger Steve Player. He credits leadership for this positive attitude change.
Corporations spend too much time budgeting and not enough time planning. As you kick off the budget season, you should be thinking about how to derive more business value from the process.
The "OODA Loop," which stands for "observe, orient, decide, and act" was devised by Col. John Boyd as a military strategy but is now being used in companies' decision-making processes.
Steve Player, North American Program Director for the Beyond Budgeting Round Table (BBRT) and blogger on the Big Fat Finance Blog, shares his observations from BBRT's annual conference.
Author and lecturer Jeremy Hope received the Charles Horngren Visionary Award, named in honor of Accounting Hall of Fame member Dr. Charles T. Horngren, at the Beyond Budgeting Round Table's (BBRT) 8th Annual Conference.
Nearly 18 months after joining Aon as CFO, Christa Davies explains how finance has played a key role in helping Aon respond to the volatile economic climate.
Being in the business of delivering finished goods, UPS, like few other companies, keeps its thumb on the pulse of the world's economy on a daily basis. UPS CFO Kurt Kuehn speaks to Business Finance editor in chief Jack Sweeney about the ebb and flow of business in challenging times.
Accurate forecasting is difficult in today's economic environment, particularly for those who are preparing the budget, because budgeting efforts are premised on underlying assumptions that may turn out to be incorrect.
