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From ‘Traditional’ Budgeting to ‘Better’ Budgeting: Navigating through ‘Stability’ and ‘Change’

Thisali Liyanage & Tharusha Gooneratne

Management Accounting Frontiers2021https://doi.org/10.52153/prj0725005article
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Faced with criticisms on traditional budgeting, contemporary organisations have moved towards better budgeting and beyond budgeting practices. Drawing evidence from Citrus Lanka, a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing firm in Sri Lanka, this paper explores amid limitations of traditional budgeting, how and why the firm moved to better budgeting rather than embracing beyond budgeting. It adopts the qualitative methodology and case study approach and mobilises the theoretical notions; ‘stability’ and ‘change’ under institutional theory. The field data illustrate how Citrus Lanka instigated evolutionary changes (towards better budgeting) rather than revolutionary changes (towards beyond budgeting), witnessing ‘stability’ of budgeting and ‘change’ towards better budgeting. This paper contributes by adding to the burgeoning budgetary control literature and extends the use of institutional theory in management accounting research by espousing how the notions of ‘stability’ and ‘change’ can co-exist. The better budgeting practice presented in this paper is a pragmatic approach. It offers practitioner pointers to managers grappling with limitations of traditional budgeting and practical difficulties of beyond budgeting on improving budgetary control through better budgeting approaches. Such an understanding is useful for managers beyond the case study firm to those across different industries and nations in adapting to the ever-changing business environment by drawing on management accounting insights.

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@article{thisali2021,
  title        = {{From ‘Traditional’ Budgeting to ‘Better’ Budgeting: Navigating through ‘Stability’ and ‘Change’}},
  author       = {Thisali Liyanage & Tharusha Gooneratne},
  journal      = {Management Accounting Frontiers},
  year         = {2021},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.52153/prj0725005},
}

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M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
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