Consider your current company, or a company that you have formerly worked for, and describe and
critique the budgeting processes that are used for that organization. If you do not have relevant work
experience, use the GCU Library to locate an article on budgeting or forecasting and compare the
process recommended by the article to that of the textbook. Your initial post should be approximately
250 words. To participate in follow up discussion, ask questions and post comments regarding
classmates' posts or respond to follow-up questions posted by the instructor.
Please include proper citations in your discussion post. Points will be deducted if proper citations are not
used.
This assignment asks us to consider our current company, and describe and critique the budgeting
processes that is used for our organization. Our budgeting processes are challenging because of the ever
changing demands of the plant as it is upgraded and refined. As stated by Hilton and Platt (2016), the
budget is a key tool for planning, control, and decision making in virtually every organization. The five
purposes of budgeting systems are: to force planning, to facilitate communication and coordination, to