Are you and your colleagues spending large chunks of time throughout the year on budgeting and planning?

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Many companies view strategic planning and budgeting as once per year activities.

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We talk to one friend and change our budgeting plan for the next year, without thinking about the consequences.

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But the delay for special education defunding buys only a few months of time because school districts must finalize their budgeting and hiring for the upcoming year this spring.

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Most brands, after all, are still in a habit of budgeting, planning and producing a marketing campaign or two a year with a few drive periods.

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Over the past few years Congress has engaged in a type of budgeting in which legislators simply pass temporary, quick fixes each year, leaving agencies in limbo about what their status will be in the near future and preventing policymakers from really engaging in deliberations about how the resources of government could best be used.

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Every year the US has put certain conditions regarding North Korea's behaviour - such as allowing inspections - on budgeting for the fuel aid.

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