Assignment 2: Budget Planning and Control

Due Week 10 and worth 160 points

Use the Internet and / or Strayer databases to research budget planning and control. Imagine that the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future has tasked you with preparing a budget plan.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Determine at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Predict the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting.
2. Outline a high-level budget plan for the company. In your high-level budget plan, recommend the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company.
3. Propose two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Justify your response.
4. Imagine that the company is facing a financial challenge that is causing the actual amounts of money that it spends to become significantly off target from its budgeted amounts. Prepare an action plan to resolve the budget misalignment. In your action plan, recommend at least one (1) budgeting technique to resolve the budget and actual discrepancies. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.Note:Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate management control systems and examine their relationship with accounting and planning, including feedback and non-?nancial performance measurements.
• Evaluate decision making tools for capital investments, budgeting, and budgeting controls.
• Analyze financial accounting tools and techniques that convert financial accounting data into information for decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting for managers.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, usingthis rubric.

8/30/2015 https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/ACC/556/1148/Week10/Week 10 Assignment 2 Rubric.html Assignment 2: Budget Planning and Control Points: 160 Unacceptable Fair Proficient Exemplary Criteria Below 70% F 7079% C 8089% B 90100% A Did not submit or incompletely described the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Did not submit or incompletely determined at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Did not submit or incompletely predicted the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. Partially described the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Partially determined at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Partially predicted the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. Thoroughly described the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Thoroughly determined at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Thoroughly predicted the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. 3. Propose two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Justify your response. Did not submit or incompletely outlined a highlevel budget plan for the company. Did not submit or incompletely recommended the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company in your highlevel budget plan. Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response. Partially outlined a highlevel budget plan for the company. Partially recommended the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company in your highlevel budget plan. Partially proposed two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Partially justified your response. Satisfactorily described the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Satisfactorily determined at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Satisfactorily predicted the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. Satisfactorily outlined a highlevel budget plan for the company. Satisfactorily recommended the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company in your highlevel budget plan. Satisfactorily proposed two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Satisfactorily justified your response. Weight: 15% 4. Imagine that the company is facing a financial challenge that is causing the actual amounts of money that it spends to become significantly off target from its budgeted amounts. Prepare an action plan to Did not submit or incompletely prepared an action plan to resolve the budget misalignment. 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Predict the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. Weight: 20% 2. Outline a high level budget plan for the company. In your high level budget plan, recommend the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company. Weight: 20% https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/ACC/556/1148/Week10/Week%2010%20Assignment%202%20Rubric.html Thoroughly outlined a highlevel budget plan for the company. Thoroughly recommended the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company in your highlevel budget plan. Thoroughly proposed two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Thoroughly justified your response. 1/2 8/30/2015 resolve the budget misalignment. In your action plan, recommend at least one (1) budgeting technique to resolve the budget and actual discrepancies. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 20% 5. 3 references https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/ACC/556/1148/Week10/Week 10 Assignment 2 Rubric.html action plan. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response. your action plan. Partially provided a rationale for your response. action plan. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response. action plan. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response. No references provided Does not meet the required number of references some or all references poor quality choices. Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Meets number of required references all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references all references high quality choices. Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Weight: 5% 6. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Weight: 5% 7. Appropriate use of APA intext citations and reference section Lack of intext citations and / or lack of reference section. Intext citations and references are given, but not in APA format. Intext citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style. Most intext citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style. Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use intext citations. Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Weight: 5% 8. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources Weight: 5% 9. Clarity and Coherence of Writing Weight: 5% https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/ACC/556/1148/Week10/Week%2010%20Assignment%202%20Rubric.html 2/2