Ramadan Kanan Email: [email protected] Phone Number: +218 923416616
University of Southern Queensland Faculty of business School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Toowoomba, QLD 4350
Supervisors: Dr. Kieran James Email: [email protected] Dr. Joseph Mula: Email: [email protected]
Cross-cultural impact on the budgeting cycle: an empirical comparison between Anglo-American & Libyan companies operating in the Libyan oil sector.
Dear Sir/Madam
Oil Companies can still benefit from optimizing budgeting and budget processes when they operate in different cultures. As an oil professional, you may recognize the problem I am investigating in my PhD work. Your input is essential to arrive at sound and representative conclusions that may be of great benefit to the industry. The potential benefits of the study could provide a valuable insight as to how budgeting processes differ in relation to their cultural settings. This will allow for conclusions that optimise budgeting in the context of employee cultural diversity. The questionnaire is anonymous and voluntary; thus, please do not write your name on the questionnaire. The questionnaire focuses on aspects of the budgeting process within your company and should take approximately fifteen minutes to complete. Your response will remain completely confidential. Your company has been selected as it represents a Libyan or an Anglo-American company engaged in the Libyan oil sector. For analysis and reporting purposes your response will be combined with those from other companies operating in the sector. Please answer all questions on the survey. If you have any queries or require further clarification regarding any part of the survey, please do not hesitate to contact me or my supervisors Dr. Kieran James and Dr. Joseph Mula If you are willing to participate in an interview or if you would like to receive a summary of the findings, please indicate this on the last page of the survey. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for your cooperation in completing the survey. It will greatly assist the research process if you can return the questionnaire within 15 days. Your honest and thoughtful responses are highly appreciated, and thank you for your invaluable assistance with my research.
Yours sincerely
Ramadan Kanan
Section A: Information about the budget: Here are some statements that describe how employees might feel about budgeting and budgets in their organization. Please tick (√) on the spaces that indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with each statement.
Flexible budget definition: provide estimates of what costs should be for any level of activity within a specified range.
Rolling budget definition: a method in which a budget established at the beginning of an accounting period is continually amended to reflect variances that arise due to changing circumstances.
3. Our rolling budget is normally calculated on a ....... basis.(Circle one)
4. The budget in our unit is normally prepared on a
1. What % of your time, approximately, goes to preparing the budget?
2. What % of your attention, approximately, goes to achieving the budget’s goal?
3. What % of your performance, approximately, is measured by meeting your budget?
4. To what extent, approximately, did you meet your budget goal last year?
Section B: Personal and organizational information: The following questions seek general information about you and your organization. Please provide your response by ticking or writing as appropriate.
2) What is your nationality
4) What is the nationality (home-country) of the company you are working for (head office)?
5) What is the level of your English skills?
6) Which best describes the main operation of your company?
7) What is your level of education?
8) How long have you been working within this organization?
9) What position do you hold in this company? Please specify.
10) How long have you been working in this position?
11) Have you worked in this industry in a country others than Libya?
If yes, for how long have you worked in this industry in a country others than Libya?
12) What is your religion?
I highly appreciate your contribution to this research by completing the questionnaire. If you have any further comments that may help the researcher draw conclusions to this study please feel free to write your thoughts here:
If you would like to participate in an interview or would like a summary of the finding, please complete your contact detail here:
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