Preparing a Budget Does Not Allow Managers to

question 165

Multiple Choice

Preparing a budget does not allow managers to

• A)Eliminate any variances that would have been created without a budget.
• B)Help divisions within the organization to communicate with one another.
• C)Assess whether a division's strategic direction is in line with corporate strategy.
• D)All of these ans choices are things which preparing a budget allows managers to do.

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Definitions:

Inhibitions

The process of holding back or restraining behaviors, emotions, or impulses.

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

A compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up by having that person agree to a modest request.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced when holding two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or ideas simultaneously.

Attitudes

Psychological tendencies expressed by evaluating particular entities with some degree of favor or disfavor.