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JIMMA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
MAY, 2012
JIMMA, ETHIOPIA
Acknowledgment
First of all I would like to express my thanks to almighty to Allah for Nothing I have
ever done without his gracious also goes to may advisor to MSc. Eshtu Yadcha for his
valuable activity, suggestion and comment in accomplishment of this research paper.
My special thanks goes to my families “HF” for their morale support in all activity. At
last, but not least, I would like to thank W/ro Fitsum Asrat for her diligent work in typing
this research paper.
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Abstract
In this study, the effectiveness of GDEBANO GUTAZER WELENEWERAD finance
organization will be assessed in detail. The organization overall performance may depend
on both properly designed proposal and its active implementation. The effectiveness of
the budgeting system of the organization would assessed with the light of getting possible
solution after less of effective budgeting system coordination and communication. To
conduct this study primary and secondary data collected and analyzed accordingly.
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Table of content
Acknowledgment..................................................................................................................I
Abstract...............................................................................................................................II
Table of content.................................................................................................................III
Chapter one..........................................................................................................................1
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................1
1.1. Back ground of the study..........................................................................................1
1.2. Statement of the problem..........................................................................................3
1.3. Objective of the Study..............................................................................................4
1.3.1. General Objective..............................................................................................4
1.3.2. Specific Objective..............................................................................................4
1.4. Significance of the study..........................................................................................4
1.5. Scope of the study.....................................................................................................5
1.6. Limitation of the study..............................................................................................5
Chapter Tow........................................................................................................................6
2. Literature review..............................................................................................................6
2.1. The need of budgeting..............................................................................................8
2.2. Budget and budget cycle.........................................................................................10
Chapter Three....................................................................................................................14
3. Methodology..................................................................................................................14
Source of data............................................................................................................14
Method of data collection..........................................................................................14
Method of data analysis.............................................................................................15
Chapter Four......................................................................................................................16
4. Result analysis and discussion.......................................................................................16
Chapter Five.......................................................................................................................27
5. Conclusion and Recommendation.................................................................................27
5.1 Summary..................................................................................................................27
5.2 Recommendation.....................................................................................................29
REFERENCE............................................................................................................30
Appendix....................................................................................................................31
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Chapter one
1. Introduction
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1.1. Back ground of the organization
Currently activity of the organization are making decision write evolution of budget for
each sector found in the woreda it checks the organization financial and property account
record and implementation neither they are implementing on the rule and regulation of
the organization or not. If also collected revenue of the organizing at proper time from
different sources.
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1.2. Statement of the problem
The organizational over all performance depends on both properly designed budge
proposal and it active implementation.
The organization always prepare annual budget for the current year a activity determine.
The organization always prepare annual budget for current year activity. To determine
the organization survival also; budget is quantitative brining used to control activities and
it implementation Budget is quantitative expression for the seate of time period and
proposed future plane of action by management.
The purpose for budgeting should guide for the time period chose for the budget. to
implement this planning & budgeting control are prepare for materials need material
purchase & desired inventory level. The organization must plane the amount of budget
that should be on hand at the begning of the period. The budget is mostly prepared &
allocated by higher official and periodical performance are also evaluated by them for the
organization.
The concerng these study to examine the budgetary performance in the particular area of
GEDEBANO GUTAZER, WELENE WERDA finance organization. This are why
organization has many problem related to budget so bossed on this study the following
basic question may get answer.
1. Are they using the budget as planning controlling mechanism?
2. How to asses budget utilization on the weredas finance organization?
3. What are the factor affect budgetary perform?
As it has impact on planning and controlling purpose are they performer this budget as
per standard?
Generally cash budgeting problem of GEDEBANO GUTAZER WELENE WEREDA
ECONOMIC & finance bureau may solve through this study.
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1.3. Objective of the Study
The main & general objective of my research paper is to examinant & give a
comprehensive picture of the factor affecting budgetary performance & to know their
effectiveness and weakness to acquire a possible solution to the problem identify.
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1.5. Scope of the study
The budget performance would held on both primary and secondary source data. primary
data have collected from those departmental manager that are participated in budgeting
process and secondary data. Have collected from recorded document in the organization
about the preparation of budget.
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Chapter Tow
2. Literature review
A budget is detail, plan expressed in quantitative term that specifies ho will be acquired
based using specific pervade. A budget is quantities period expression of proposed plan
of action by management of specific period of time (lliltion) and an aide to coordinating
what to be done implement the plan and service as ablue print for the company to follow
up coming period.
A budget is as primly plane or specific management action are needed to make its
reliability. A budget is planning decrement created before anticipated transaction occur.
The primary objectively budget is to forcast future financial & non-financing transaction
and events. The second objective to developed information that is accurate and meaning
full to receipts as possible. To a accomplished these objective budget should present
information in an ordinary matter, (Anderson page 225).
Budget is preparation is also excellent vecheale with which to worked with all supervised
personnel by requesting their in put and suggestion, once developed budget provide
operating target for managers and their staff, at the end the price budget help managers to
performance located and provide solution problem area. The budget analysis should be
regular and on going part of managers. In fact budgeting become even more important
when JIT or Total equality Management (TQM) concept and technique are applied and
Establishing on effective. Budget processes is the key to success full business venture
without full color donating budgeting system (Anderson page 224).
Budget system budget are synonym with managing activity of an organization. The term
organization is important because budget used in non-profit or organization as well as
profit oriented business. All type of organization rely plan to help and accomplished their
objective. All types of organization have mangers whose responsibility are determined by
top managers or board of director so budge are used to plan and assess. These area of
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responsibility and to measure managers performance, budget preparation on half
managers focused on the next month or the entire coming month. (Anderson) .
Budget is a power full management tools which is used to accomplish four major
objective
1. Planning 3. motivating
2. Coordinating 4. controlling
The budget is planning tool A planning tool that represent the expected result of
operation for the coming year and those it is away of formulating and expressing in the
dollar term the objections of an organization and the operation plan for achieving these
objective. The budget is coordinating tool that this summarized in the form of Performa
financial statement for an organization and thus it is together the financial marketing and
production. Activity of all of the department and division which make up the
organization.
Procedure
The procedure used to develop budget constitute budgeting system. This budgeting
system have five primary procedure.
1. Planning 2. Facilitate communication & coordination 3.Allocating resource
4. Controlling 5. Evaluating performance & provide incentive.
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1. Planning
The most obvious purpose of a budget is quantity a plan of action the budgeting
process force individual who make up organization to plan ahead (Hilton).
Planning is setting a goal and developing strategies to achive these goals. Budget
show how resource will be developed to implement strategy (Horengan page 177).
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3. To formulate the bases for effective revenue and cost central.
Type of budge
1. Budgeted financial statement: the budget show how the organization financial
statement will appear in specified time. If the operation procedure according to plan
includes budgeted income statement budgeted balance sheet and budgeted cash flow.
2. Capital budget is plane for acquisition capital asses such as building and equipment.
3. Rolling budget:- are continually up dated by periodically adding anew incremental
time period completed. They also called revolving or non-continuing budget.
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participant should be identified and informed of these responsibility, full budget
communication in our final process in transaction principle (ANDERSON 229). In
particular budget must be communicated clearly to the participant each one. This people
playing. As part in developing the budget and implementing effective budget then require
participative budgeting.
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Coordination Balancing and Bleaching all factor of production or service in all
department and business function in the best way for the company meet its goal. Budget
also takes up a lot of management time. Top management want love level management to
participate in the budget process because low level has voluble knowledge about. The day
to data specify running the business participation crate greater commitment and
responsibility towards. The budget among low level managers (Horgran).
The extent to which the various manager use their performance reports depends on many
factor some behavioral and some technical. One important factor in the extent to which
the performance report serves the management decision making a need of use.
Budget is detaik place expressed in qualitative terme that specifies how an organization
will a quire and use resource during particular period of time and use resource during
particular period of time the procedure used to develop budget constitute a budgeting
system. Budgeting system have five primary purpose planning. Facilitating, commutation
and coordination locating resource, managing financial and irrational performance and
provide incentive.
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There is perhaps on other area of management were the behavior are more important than
budgeting. The idea of participative budgeting to involve employees through out an
organization in the budgetary process.
Financial manger combine these budgets in order to estimate the corporations fund flows,
profitability, and financial conduction over a given, planning period. A cash budget is a
for cast of a firms each inflows and outflow over a designated planning period. The
budget helps to identify a period of cash surplus as well as periods during which
additional financing will be needed. Thus budget helps the financial manager to measure
the amount and duration of each shortages and to prepare repayment schedules if cash
shortages are to be financed with borrowed funds.
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Motivate managers and employees
Promotes coordination and communication among subunits with in the company.
Provides success the company’s goal of objectives (HORNGREN, 177).
In order for a business to remain competitive and to progressive or even in some case to
service more information is about the economic environment in which they operate. More
information is about needed on day to day. Effectively communicated is the life blood of
any organization it is the basis on which management must make a decision.
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Chapter Three
3. Methodology
Source of data
This study to the variable over which the data for the study were collected and method
that used in data collection analysis and inter predation.
Source of data for the purpose of meting and combining the list objectives the data has
gathered fume for both primary and secondary source of information. The primary data
has collected from individual who had relation with budget. The reason that need to
collected select idea is because each employee of organization done have the knowledge
about budget preparation.
Secondly source are Recorded frame document and past data about budget because. This
types of sources of information recant search cost and also preferable to checking. This
effectives or implementation to standard.
Sampling Technique
Sample selection carried out by are searcher. So that is reliable as to the representation of
the total population who are believed to be high civil servant to the finance organization.
The researcher there for focused on specific target group by using random sampling
technique method to acquire the necessary information. From respondents and to make
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unaware investigation. For the current study. Taking this in to account on factory it is
necessary to use personal judgment. Since it is difficult to determine how large the
population is so the sample size had used from finance department 5 people selected from
cost and budget department 4 people had selected from planning and data organizing
department 3 people had selected and from audit and internate control department 6
people had selected.
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Chapter Four
4. Result analysis and discussion
These part deals the major finding of the study. For the analysis simplicity department.
Cost and budget department, planning and data organizing department and audit and
internal control department are put together.
Table 1 Indicate the respondent department from the above out of 18 respondents
5(27.7%) of respondent are assigned in finance department 6(33.3$%) of the respondent
are in audit and internal controlled department similarly other department i.e cost and
budget department planning and data organizing department are assigned 5(27.7%) and
4(22%) respectively.
Used tabulation has been used to arrange data in table or other summary formate to
facilitate the process of comparison. Various data analysis has been made by the help of
descriptive data from the above table out of total 18 respondent 7(38.89%) of respondent,
major factor affecting the organizational budget formic is an appropriate budget
allocation. The organizational employee majorly focused on response in appropriate
budget not planned accordingly with in the organization.
The second factor affect the budgetary performance of organizational shortage of fund
3(16.67%) of the respondent that shortage of fund is one of the factor affecting the
organization budgetary performance. That means the higher periodic are performance
higher authority doesn’t distribute fund accordingly.
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The tired factor affect budgetary performance are employees 3(16.67%) of the respondent
responses that employee are factor that affecting organizational budgetary performance
i.e by forming in participation of their specific job accordgly because of these reason
organizational work facilities law and recording revenue and expenses is not accurately
recorded on time even transfer of one account to another out is not transferred correctly.
Fourth, factor is organization are manager 2(11.11%) of the respondent said that
organizational manager is one factor that are affecting the budgetary performance of the
organization.
Such as by not participating at budgeting time and he/she does not control the employee
of the organization effectively.
Also absence of effective communication and discussion between the manage and
employee. The others factor that affect budgetary performance of the organization is
stated as follow in short
Law coordination between the employee
The organization doesn’t adopt good budgeting system
Shortage of professionally employee.
Unnecessary use of budget
not of respondent percentage
Occurrence Of Yes 13 72.22%
No 5 27.77%
Budget Deficit
Total 18 100
Table 2.1 occurrence of budget performance
The above table show most of the time budget deficit occur in the organization
13(72.22%) of respondent response as budget deficit occur. In the organization and
5(27.77%) of respondent response as budget deficit not occur in the organization.
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Highly such as 72.22% of the respondent in the organization said. On the other hand of
budget deficit occur in the organization is some times controlled by the finance and
respective manager.
The other evaluation of the respondent response that the budget deficit is medium with in
the organization based on the respondents response that budget deficit is occur at medium
level with in the existing department.
From the above table 3(16.667%) of the respondent response that the budget utilization of
the organization is excellent of the other hand out of total number of respondent
4(22.22%) of the respondent response the budget utilization as good finance organization.
The last evaluation is the respondents response poor such as 3(16.667%) of the
respondent responses that the budget utilization of the organization is poor. Because
budget is not always practicable efficiently an defectively. Through the organization
budget utilization is not reach to the point.
The respondent response to reduce the problem the organization should be accomplish.
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Basic nature of every organization lies in the budget of effective productive resource in
relation of its wants. Therefore every organization is engaged in solving these problem of
budgeting performance is view of organizations under take various activity. Where by the
budget of a viable resource should be objective of budget stability. Employment and
growth could be attained. Then the organization should accomplish.
Adopt of good budgeting system
Introduce effective manger
Active participation of all employees on specific job.
Budget must allocated effacingly.
Active reporting of budget utilization
Support of experience No of respondent Percentage
Yes 18 100%
No -
Total 18 100
support of job experience for the employee
From the above table we can conclude that all of there spending are supported by their
experience 18(100%) of the respondent response as yes from it nature experience of job
is very important to participate indifferent activity’s by supporting with that of historical
knowledge about thing or job. So since the budget is one of that activity is need
experience and knowledgeable person or workers.
Simply to examine the amount of budget for each sector to divid the budgeted a mount
for each sector these job experience help the worker of the organization by now the
organizing is some want good comparing to last year in human resource so that they are
help to success for new budget.
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Higher periodical performance 8 44.44%
The financed apartment 3 16.667%
Other 3 16.667%
Total 18 100
Table 4.1 respondent response on budget allocation
From the above table we can under stand that from the total respondent 4(22.22%) of
them response that the budget allocation by organization manager to various sector in the
woreda.
The most widely used budget allocation are assigned by the higher periodic are perforce
such as 8(44.44%) of respondent response that budget allocation by the higher periodical
performance from this point of view we can understand. That first budget is allocated by
the higher periodical performance. To deferent part of governmental sector in the wereda.
The other respondents 3(16.667%) response that most of the time the organizional budget
is allocated by the other parts of to each department in the wereda discus on and decide
by profession are bodies of manager. This indicate that the decision of the cabinet is very
important for budget allocation.
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Table 5.1 respondent on budget utilization
From the above table we can conclude from total of respondent 9(50%) of the response
that budget utilization is adapted when budget is planned accordingly and appropriately
distributed with accordingly and appropriately distributed with in the organization. From
these data we can conclude that adoption of good budget and participation of all
employee on their specific job and reporting of their accomplishment work to finance
manger is important for utilization of budget.
On the other hjand 5(27.7%) of the respondent responses the budget utilization must have
to start frame recording of revenue and expenses. Even with out recording revenue and
parse it is impossible to utilize budget accordingly.
To be utilizing the budget within finance there should be accomplished account record
revenue and expenses in geernrallage account and subsidiary lager account.
Similarly 4(22.22%) of the respondent responses that both recording of revenue and
expresses and appropriate planned budget important to utilize budget in the organization.
This in decade both have to gather to use utilize the budget effectively.
From the above table we can understand the organization are used its capacity to reduce
its problem. Out of the total 18 respondent 13(72.2%) of them respondent reduce that the
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problem. On the other hand 5(27.78%) of respondent response that the organization doe’s
used its capacity to reduce its problem from those respondent who responses yes the
organization used its capacity to reduce the problem through.
13. Response of the respondent on manager relation with the employees, to improve
the problem of budgetary performance and to implement the objective of the organization
a good manager is grater important to solve this problem. Here the respondent reflect
their idea to word the organization manager as .
It depends on situation, but most of the times they are individual based not task
oriented and with lack of transformational made of leading things.
The organizational manager doesn’t communicate each employee at appropriate time
but not at all.
The organizational manager of harmonious relationship for the organization
employee.
The manager also does not control each and a every things of activity of the workers.
Absence of immediate response by the manager for the workers question regarding
financial problem.
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On the other and some of respondent response that as a good relation ship specially after
new governmental strategy i.e business reengineering according to their response they
have good relation ship and frequently discussed on their problem they have and follow
to solve that problem.
From the above table 7(38.8%) of the respondent respondent response that to minimize
budget deficit and to utilize badger performance. The solution is adopting good budgeting
system with in the organization.
In the organization there should be utilize the budget are fluctuation and their should have
to minimize budget deficit and also at the same time they can increase capacity of work
performance on the other hand respondent response 3(11.11%).
To utilize budget the solution is effectively manager must be available which in the
organization. The organizational manager should control the activity of budget and all
employee participate on their specific job efficiently and effectively
The third respondent on budget utilization 2(16.67%) response that budget must
allocation precisely.
To over can goals of organization budget be equally proportionality distributed on the
sector and department on their activity.
The last utilization of budget from the respondent 6(30.3%) response that to utilize
and decrease budget deficit active participation of all employees
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On their specific job and report of all employees on their own lager account and
general larger account report to the department manager must be reported at a time.
Table 10.1 show the effective budgeting system from the above table we can
conclude that out of 18 respondent 15(83.3%) response as there is not effective
budgeting system because shortage of fund budget. Are occurring some sector by
deferent reason there is not effective budgeting system.
The 3(16.67%) respondent response as there is effective budgeting system because
since they are using that of no sufficient budget it is enough to use what they have.
The other respondent response that on preparing those budge different expert participate
who have related idea, skills and education participate on this budge preparation an
economist, statistician and manager also introduce their idea on knowledge on budget
preparation.
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Total 18 100
11.1. Table indicate qualification of the employees.
From the above as per the respondent 8(44.4%) response that as percent of qualification
of employees. They response that as the wereda, standard. The organization employee
have almost enough qualification, specially as the duration for existence of the
organization is long experience performance on budget. On the other hand 10(55.56%) of
the respondent response that there is no sufficient qualification of the employee in the
organization. For their response what the evidence they have since there is on educated
person specifically on budget preparation. The only experience doesn’t indicate quality of
workers.
Generally form this two response we can conclude that most of the organizational
workers. Are not educated person rather than they are experienced person or workers.
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Chapter Five
5. Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary and Conclusion
The study was design to assess the budgetary performance of finance organization. It is
also in fended posuggest possible solution the problem identified.
On the basis of data collection from respondents and information obtained from general
manager of bureau the study has come up with the falling finding and conclusion
presented under subheading which are target of the study.
The major factor that affect organization budget performance is in appropriate budget
allocation and shortage of fund from higher body of government that means the budget
allocation form the bureau is not as much sufficient to allocate for each sector properly
when it compared with the need and tepidness of the woredas.
The organization doesn’t use good budget because the budget mostly allocated by the
higher authority of government bodies, evening the propagate submitted by the lower
bodies or manager of the because.
Similarly the organization manager is not effective and doesn’t control each activities of
the employees in the organization. At the same time statically data that given from each
sector is most of the time not accurate and reliable because of estimation.
The organization use in appropriate budget allocation when budget are not planned
accordingly and budget deficit occurs with in the organization.
Most of the time the organization does not use good accounting system because of the
organization civil servants are poor in profession. In order to accomplish effective
utilization of budget knowledge is compulsory for each employee but the organizing
currently use poor professional employee.
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Organization is not better use of budget allocation and most of the time organization does
not use good accenting system of the organization civil servant are poor professional
performance. In order to accomplish effective budget utilization.
The organization done use top management support of accomplish organization working
activity and manage the reliability of stated data accurately.
Generally in the wored finance budgets are not using as planned and controlled
mechanism and does not performing this budget as per their standard because the above
mentioned result.
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5.2 Recommendation
Based on the result obtained the following recommendation are forwarded to solve the
problem related with budgeting performance in the organization.
It is better to use appropriate budget allocation in the organization which it allocate of
budget form higher bodies of government of sale of budget the problem related with
shortage of fund.
The organization must adopt a good budgeting system in order to facilitate the
organization goal and objectives.
The organizational manager should control each activity of employees effectively.
Accurately and reliability estimated stat scale data must be honest fully
Use of good accosting system which provide the organization standard reporting of
budget perform ace for this purpose or to improve this accenting system the employee
must have to get better training.
To manage support and orientation to the employees that means employees are the
most important part of the budgeting activates and it should be support by managers
and orientation are needed.
Active participation of all employee on their specific job to improve problem of the
organization all employee have to participate on their have to participate on their
specific job and report their daily working activity to the respective department head.
Use effective communication with higher periodicalt6 performance because budget is
allocated by higher government bodies.
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REFERENCE
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Appendix
Questionnaires
This questioners prepared to help in examining and assessing the budget performance of
the organization pertaining 3 department in financial organization audit and internal
control department cost and budget department and finance department.
1. Department
Finance department
Audit internal controlled department
Cost and budget department
2. what will affect major factor budge performance
Property budge allocation
The organization manger
Employees
Shortage fund
3. is budget deficit occurring in the organization
Yes No
4. If yes on the above question place understand the following criteria and evaluate
each of them.
Default High Low Medium
Budget Utilization excellent hood satisfactory poor
5. To reduce the problem occur what he organization should to accomplished give your
suggestion.
6. does the experience that you have support to accomplish your job successfully
Yes No
7. If yes how?
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8. Budgetary allocation is most allocated by?
Organizations management the finance department
Higher periodicity performance
Other
12. Pleases comment the factory that affect budget performance? In the organization?
13. The leader ship style of departmental managers relation to employees please specify
some point?
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