Introduction: Toward a New General Management Model
The budget is a tool of repression rather than innovation.1
—BOB LUTZ, EX-CEO, CHRYSLER
Budgeting is an unnecessary evil.
—DR. JAN WALLANDER, HONORARY PRESIDENT, SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN
The budget is the bane of corporate America.2
—JACK WELCH, EX-CEO, GENERAL ELECTRIC
Every business leader wants competitive success, the best management team, continuous innovation, low costs, loyal customers, and high standards of corporate governance and control. But for most, these goals remain pipe dreams. And despite spending huge sums on enterprisewide information systems and a range of tools such as the Balanced Scorecard, they appear to be just as far away as ever. Some might point to the pursuit of ...
Get Beyond Budgeting now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
