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Zero Based Budgeting

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Zero Based Budgeting Definition

Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) is the practice of justifying budgeted expenditure in relation to the performance to be achieved without reference to pre-existing plans or achievements (Fopp, 1997). ZBB rests on the philosophy that all spending needs to be justified. Each part of a company will start from a zero base each year and has to justify the budget it requires. Top management will only allow the budget when it is convinced that the proposed activities represent ‘value for money’.

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  • Bloomberg, (2006) InBev Profits Rises; Job Cuts to Be Sped Up in Europe, 27 February 2006, Available at: http://www.houblon.net/spip.php?article2947
  • Booty, F. (2006) Facilities Management Handbook, Elsevier Science and Technology, Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Buttonwood, (2004) What exactly is a best practice?, Business Credit, Vol. 106 (1), pp. 39-46.
  • CNET, (2008) Con Edison, Available at: http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/casestudy.aspx?docid=169870

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