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"Graduating from Excel to Purpose-Built Software"

How John A. Logan College and San Juan College transitioned from Excel to a next-generation budgeting system, including:
Critical considerations throughout the software selection process
Criteria for purchase justification, along with the top 5 institutional benefits
Financial and business outcomes within both institutions
A guide to best-practice budgeting software

"Top Ten Benefits of Responsibility Centered Management"

A strategic approach to resource management, allocation, and planning
Greater focus on outcomes – from operational and financial to educational improvements
Better alignment with the institution’s strategic plan and execution against objectives
Improved engagement, involvement and ownership from faculty and staff

"Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Collaborative Budgeting "

How the benefits of a collaborative budgeting approach far outweigh the challenges, such as:
Increased quality of forecasts
Better results – with budgets built by the subject matter experts
A culture of teamwork and trust – vital elements of organizational success

"Employee Engagement as a Business Strategy"

Published evidence supporting employee engagement as a business strategy
Recommended guidelines and approach for effective engagement
How to employ collaborative budgeting as an engagement and communication strategy

"Budgeting to Strategy and Making Budgeting Strategic"

The role and value importance of utilizing critical thinking in the overall budget process.
Why communication is essential to a collaborative process and how you can improve communication in your budget process.
The role of technology in budgeting to strategy – and the bottom-line value of improving the user experience for department heads and staff

"Collaborative Higher Education Budgeting in the Cloud"

In this eBook, you will learn:

How providing more transparency to the budget process will improve engagement with department heads – and better support the institution’s strategy
Tips for implementing Collaborative Budgeting: what works…and what doesn’t
The role of technology in collaborative budgeting – and the bottom-line value of improving the user experience for faculty and staff

"15 Things That You Can't Do in Excel Budgeting (But Should)"

In this eBook, you will learn:

The inherent limitations of a two-dimensional spreadsheet – including the burden that results in manual data management… and the most common… potential killer errors.
Acceptance, usability and lack of flexibility issues for end-users with limited knowledge of Excel and the budgeting process.
The minimal required functionality for effective budget preparation, review, approval and reporting and the implications of not having these requirements on your results.

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