Zero-Based Budgeting
Building budgets from zero; justifying each expense without reference to previous budgets.
Real World
The UK government adopted zero-based budgeting during the 2010 Spending Review, requiring every department to justify expenditure from scratch rather than receiving automatic increases.
Exam Focus
For 'assess' questions, balance the benefit of eliminating waste against the time and management cost of building budgets from zero.
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