Game of Budgeting and Human Behaviour/ P.C. Jain

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This studies on budgeting, which have been carried out by academics in recent years tend in varying degrees to stress the accounting techniques and process Processes involved. At the other extreme there are behavioural studies dealing with the impact of budgets on people. The present study is an attempt to fill the gap between the two extremes by introducing the concept of play in the game of budget motivation. The problem posed is: How to live with the budgets and yet be motivated by them. The author has found that both motivation and job satisfaction of a budgetee are positively affected when the atmosphere created around the fulfillment of standards is one of sportsmanship i.e., of seeing budget control as a game. This game atmosphere is related to the control autonomy balance, because a game atmosphere is elated to the control autonomy balance, because a game presupposes a certain free area to play in, a certain margin or scope or a play. Without this freedom, there can be no game spirit. Budgetees need free scope in budget fulfillment. This is a path-breaking study on the budgeting and should find favour with all those interested in the field of Industry, Commerce, Economic, Finance, Management and Planning.

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DR. P.C. Jain is teaching at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He topped Rajasthan University in M.Com and subsequently obtained Ph.D. degree from University of Delhi. He is an outstanding scholar and prolific writer in the field of strategic management and human resource development. His other important publications are Game of Budgeting and Human Behaviour, Business Organisation, Principles of Management, and Principles and Practice of Business Organisation and Management. Dr. Jain has presented seven papers in international conferences on comparative management held at USA, Taiwan and Bangkok. Presently, he is working on a post-doctoral research project: The Chief Executive and Business Growth sponsored by Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, New Delhi