Wild and Shaw, Financial & Managerial Accounting, 8e Solutions Manual: Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Master Budgets and Performance
Planning
QUESTIONS
1. A written budget helps managers plan and control a business by 1) communicating
and 5) motivate employees.
2. Management controls operations by benchmarking against some norm. A
3. Continuous budgeting provides managers a full set of updated budgets each time a
4. Three common short-term horizons for planning and budgeting purposes are:
monthly, quarterly, and annually. A semiannual planning horizon is also popular.
5. Budgeting can be a strong positive motivating force if employees are involved or
consulted in the process. This participation promotes their commitment to reaching
6. Budgeting helps management coordinate and plan business activities by providing
specific guidance for the individual activities of various departments and
employees.
7. The sales budget reflects the expected sales to be made over a period of time, stated
8. A selling expense budget is a plan of the expenses to be incurred to produce the
9. In participatory budgeting, some employees might understate sales and/or overstate
expenses to provide budgetary slack. Pressure to meet budget targets might lead to