Planning and budgeting

The purpose of the program is to make sure that participants will be able to prepare effective plans and budgets for their responsibility areas or for the whole company that are in line with corporate objectives.

Learning objectives

Become familiar with key issues of planning and budgeting
Make sure that budget assumptions are correct
Be able to prepare a budget that is in line with corporate objectives
Critically evaluate results generated in comparison to plans

Proposed program

Differences between forecasting, planning and budgeting
Risk vs uncertainty
Levels of planning
Goal congruence vs dysfunctional behaviors

Strategy models, including rational and emergent models of preparing strategy

Responsibility centres
Controllability of variables
Key performance measures for each centre

Principal budget factor
Master budget
Budget committee

Incremental budgeting vs Activity Based Budgeting vs Zero Based Budgeting
Periodic vs rolling budget

Motivation vs evaluation
Top-down approach
Bottom-up approach

Profit or loss account budget
Cash flow budget
Balance sheet budget

Fixed, flexed and flexible budgets
Variance analysis

Organisational information

Target group
Format, Materials and language
Proposed dates
Price

Target group

Secialist and managers who are involved in planning and budgeting process.

Format, Materials and language

Language: Live on-line workshops; 2 days from 9:00 -14:30 (including 1 hour of breaks – 3 x 10min coffee; 1 x 30 min lunch; English
Materials: slides and notes from classes

Proposed dates

25-26 June 2026

Price

1800 PLN netto / 430 EUR (plus vat)

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Contact us

Aleksandra Marcinkowska

Manager, PwC Poland

Tel: +48 519 507 345

Arkadiusz Radomyski

Senior Training Coordinator, PwC Poland

Tel: +48 571 778 162

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