Citation
(2004), "Budget planning", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 53 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2004.07953faa.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Budget planning
My daughter recently held a 30th birthday party. My wife was involved in the planning, decorating the room, etc. My wife is a scientist, a very logical woman – but she approached this task with enthusiasm only. There was almost no attempt to plan, to organise, to control a budget. Emotion was the chief ingredient. Of course everything “magically” came together. Does this mean that the planning skills were just there – but hidden under the surface; or is there some other force at work. Do we normally over-analyse and overplan? Should we let emotion and enthusiasm have its head more often?