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Agenda |
8:30
The Role of Full-Cost Accounting and Cost Management in
Texas State Government
Applying performance measurement to accounting processes has the
potential to provide more efficient program evaluation, reduce costs
and create organizational and cost-efficiencies in government. Full-cost
accounting will benefit state government by providing accurate
data to support better and sustainable management practices. Listen
to a representative from the State of Texas discuss the benefits
of full-cost accounting as well as its potential in these times
of economic
uncertainty.
9:30
Developing a Framework for Activity-Based Costing and Cost
Management in Government: Aligning to Strategic Plan and Outcome
Goals
• Develop a clear objective and a performance plan to ensure
the
success of a program and survival of the agency mission
• Promote accountability and flexibility to better align resources
to
department priorities
• Link clear objectives and definitive performance measures
to
integrated budget performance
10:30
Break
10:45
Activity-Based Costing and Management: Defining Activities,
Outputs and Allocating Cost
• Identify Cost Drivers and resources for agency activities
• Develop ABC/M-Cross to illustrate the role of costs and
drivers in
management decisions
• Discuss the role of traditional input costing against the
benefits of
activity-based costing and management
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Calculating and Correlating Program Costs by Using a Performance
Framework
• Acquire long-term and annual performance goals and measures
that monitor program success
• Develop performance-based functions that break down silos
and
communicate success throughout the program
• Integrate goals, measures, outputs and activities into a
performance framework to illustrate success
1:45
Set Performance Targets
• Identify manageable performance targets for outputs within
the
organization
• Align output targets to strategies to ensure that activities
and
outputs have impact on organizational goals
• Communicate the importance of meeting performance targets
2:30
Case Study Application: Cost Management Framework Including
Goals, ABC, and Measures
• Implement the concepts of cost management and ABC in your
government agency
• Develop performance measures that align with agency goals
and
mission
• Discover innovative approaches to aligning costs with specific
activities
3:30
Estimation and Execution
• Create streamlined annual performance plans detailing
relationships between specific budget requests and program
outputs
• Use managerial-cost accounting to correlate costs of activities
to
performance achievements
• Improve presentation of the budget using performance measures
as well as the innovative “program assessment rating tool”
used by
the federal government
4:30
Adjourn
Instructors:
John Newton, Legislative Budget Board,
State of Texas (invited)
Jeffrey Bergin, Director, Center for Government
Performance,
The Performance Institute |
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Or by calling us at
703-894-0481
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Venue
and Hotel |
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Cost
Management and Activity-Based Costing in Texas State Government
will be held at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown.
Omni Austin Hotel
Downtown
700 San Jacinto at 8th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
512-476-3700 |
| Tuition |
| The
fee to attend Cost
Management and Activity-Based Costing in Texas State Government
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| Group
Discounts |
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Reduced tuition rates for delegates who attend in groups of three
or more are available by calling Geoff Eisenberg at 703-894-0481
or by e-mailing him at [email protected]. |
| Administrative
Note: A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charged
for cancellations received less than three weeks from the date of
the conference. As speakers are confirmed six months before the
event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program.
The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes,
but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate
in the program. |
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