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Collection of Stories: "Budget Wisdom"
a series of all-too-realistic snippets of corporate life that trace their root cause to financial governance processes
by N. Dean Meyer
[originally published in CIO Magazine]
Budget Wisdom explores (with a sense of humor) the myriad problems that trace back to weaknesses in financial governance processes. By laughing at these familiar predicaments, we hope these stories will help you see the root causes of common leadership concerns, and positive solutions you can implement to address your own challenges.
VOLUME ONE: EXPLORING THE PROBLEM
Story: Oh, One More Thing (March 2002)
Story: The Necessary Evil (May 2002)
Story: Eating Your Seed Corn (June 2002)
Story: Take It Out of Hide (Sep 2002)
Story: On the Defensive (Oct 2002)
Story: The Annual Set-up (Jan 2003)
Story: The Ax is Falling (May 2003)
Story: Managing Expectations (Sep 2003)
Story: Client-driven Portfolio Management (Out On a Limb Alone) (Mar 2004)
Story: Troubles With Teamwork (May 2004)
Story: Operational Planning (Oct 2004)
Story: Start the Year Out Wrong (Jan 2005)
Story: Attempting Portfolio Management (Mar 2005)
Story: Another Cut (May 2005)
Story: The Outsourcing Shell Game (August 2005)
Story: Begging for Infrastructure (November 2005)
Story: You Cost Too Much (January 2006)
Story: Chargebacks Are Killing Us (July 2006)
VOLUME TWO: POSITIVE SOLUTIONS
Story: No More Games! (October 2006)
Story: Our IT Allocation is Too Small! (December 2006)
Story: Budgeting Is a Waste!
Additional Resources Executive summary of the solution: investment-based budgeting.... Analysis: why integrate business and budget planning.... Implementing an integrated business and budget planning process.... Software to support an integrated business planning and investment-based budgeting process....
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