Effective Supervisory Practices p164-167

The role of department heads and supervisors in budget implementation is to:

• Oversee and manage the allocation of resources

• Create new financial policies

• Approve all financial transactions

• Conduct financial audits

Which of the following is a responsibility in budget implementation?

• Informing team members about budget changes

• Ignoring budget changes

• Spending without monitoring

• None of the above

Why is it important to monitor the implementation of the approved budget?

• To ensure funds are used as intended

• To increase the budget

• To delay financial reporting

• To avoid budget approval

If you are spending funds faster than expected, what should you do?

• Cut down on unnecessary expenses

• Ignore the issue

• Spend more funds

• Take a vacation

Unforeseen circumstances may require a change in your budget.

• True

• False

What can you do to make the budget process go more smoothly next year?

• Implement better tracking systems

• Ignore budget reviews

• Increase spending without planning

• Delay budget meetings

Based on successes and challenges in the current year, what changes do you want to make in your plans for next year?

• Increase focus on successful strategies

• Address challenges with new approaches

• Maintain the current plan without changes

• Explore new opportunities

How can you keep track of changes in your workload to ensure efficiency?

• By using a task management tool

• By ignoring changes

• By working longer hours

• By doing nothing

Ways to make your work unit more efficient include:

• Implementing new technology

• Increasing working hours

• Reducing staff

• Ignoring feedback

How can you focus on performance measures to ensure you are measuring the right things?

• By setting clear objectives and key results (OKRs)

• By ignoring feedback from stakeholders

• By focusing only on financial metrics

• By using outdated data