Seminar Information - Montana & Associates

Managing Tribal & Gaming Budgets

"For Tribal Governments & Gaming Operations

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

"*Today Tribal Managers, Gaming Executives, Tribal Councils and other tribal officials must learn effective methods of creating realistic budgets and oversight policies. *Managing Budgets is an informative and practical course to essential skills needed to produce accurate and useful budgets. The three key stages to budgeting-are clearly explained in this course, created by Montana & Associates so that you may significantly improve the quality of your budgets. *Finally, this course will offer a thorough self-assessment exercise allowing you to evalute and improve your tribal budgeting skills."

COURSE CONTENT

I.	Introduction to Budgeting.

A.	What is a Budget?

B.	Why Budget Processes are Important to Success;

C.	Managing the Budgeting Process;

D.	Managing the Budgeting Process;

E.	Recognizing Potential Problems.

II.

Preparing a Budget.

A.	Tailoring a Budget for Department/Business Needs;

B.	Clarifying Objectives;

C.	Standardizing;

D.	Reviewing Your System for Budgeting.

III.

Writing a Budget (Realistic or Unrealistic).

A.	Gathering Data;

B.	Anticipating Revenues/Funding;

C.	Estimating Expenditures;

D.	Producing the Figures;

E.	Understanding Capital Budgets;

F.	Producing Cash Budgets;

G.	Consolidating Budgets/Roll over;

H.	Finalizing a Budget.

IV.

Monitoring a Budget.

A.	Analyzing Discrepancies;

B.	Monitoring Variances;

C.	Analyzing Budget Errors;

D.	Investing Unexpected Variances In Budget Process;

E.	Recognizing Department Behavioral Problems;

F.	Bulding a Firm Foundation for Budgeting;

G.	Making Correct Adjustments;

H.	Assessing your Skills.

V.	Index-Glossary.

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