The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of budget management
and planning in the ยท Mafikeng Local Municipality with a view to determining the
implementation of performance budgeting. Structured interviews in the form of self-administered
questionnaires were utilised as the measuring instrument. Information on
the annual reports was also utilised to understand the situation at the Mafikeng Local
Municipality. The municipal manager, the chief financial officer and the members of the
municipal council were the selected participants in the study. Representatives of the
labour unions were also selected to participate in the study.
The study employed two methods of data analysis, the quantitative and qualitative data
to determine the empirical and theoretical findings of the study. The findings of both
the qualitative and quantitative analyses were similar as they revealed that the
municipality had plans and budget in place. However, what was lacking was the
alignment of the budgeting with the planning. The non-alignment of the budgets with
the plans resulted in the municipality under-performing in terms of planned activities as
well as spending patterns.
Gaps in the planning and budgeting systems of the municipality were evident, as the
findings indicated that budgeting was done separately at the finance department and
planning was done elsewhere. Comparative studies of international countries indicate
that with proper implementation of performance budgeting, organisations are in a
better position to plan and budget at the same time.
The recommendations from the study indicated that there was a lot that needed to be
done by the Mafikeng Local Municipality to ensure that plans are aligned with the
budget. The key recommendation of the study is that further research be conducted
beyond 2011 in order to examine how far performance budgeting has progressed and
to establish the opinion of the auditor general since the time of the study. / Thesis (MBA) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2012
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/14415 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Mojaki, Pulane Sylvia |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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