The Short Answer 1. An action plan describes who will do what, when and how. Action plans are developed after your strategy is developed. For each element of a strategy, identify tasks down the left column. Across the top, identify who is responsible for completing the task, and beginning and ending dates. Add a column [...]
The Short Answer 1. Budgets are about choices. And results based budgeting (ends to means thinking, talk to action thinking) means we will have better choices. It does not mean that we will make better choices, but we will have better choices. 2. Budgets are about allocating scarce resources. Results based budgeting does not presume [...]
The Short Answer 1. Performance measurement is not a magic answer. Budgeting is about choices. And choices are about power and politics. Improving budgeting does not necessarily mean improving decisions. But budgets can be made better by presenting better choices (that are likely to result in improvements) and then presenting these ideas more clearly. [...]
