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Differentiate between top down budgeting and bottoms up budgeting
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| Top Down Budgeting | Bottom Up Budgeting |
|---|---|
| In a top-down planning, departments must generate budgets within the constraints set forth by senior leadership | In a bottom-up budget, departments create their own budget estimates and send them to senior leadership. |
| Budget is decided by the top of the organization and imposes budget on the lower layer of the organization. | A budget is decided by the lower level in the organization and then given to the higher level for the approval. |
| It's planning takes less time. | It's planning takes more time. |
| One budget is created one time rather then having combined budgets from several departments | Each department makes its own budget without regard to other departments |
| Takes the burden off of lower management to create a budget on their own. | Here the lower management has the responsibility to create budget. |
| It saves time and resources | It takes more time and resources. |