ABSTRACT
This study is on the Role of Budgeting in Managerial Planning and
Control: A case study of Guinness Nigeria Plc. Benin, Edo State
and Nigerian Breweries Plc. Ama, Enugu State. This is with a view
to identifying some of the factors that has hindered management
plans. Budgeting both at managerial level and operational level
looks at the future and lay down what is to be achieved. Control
checks whether or not the plans are realized and puts into effect
corrective measures where deviation or shortfall is occurring. The
methodology adopted involves the use of primary data, through
structured questionnaire collected from samples of 126
respondents, randomly selected and determined through Bowley's
rule.
The data obtained were analyzed using the descriptive
method to express the relationship among variables. The data
were further subjected to chi-square statistical tool in testing the
hypotheses from which the position of the research study was
established. The result obtained showed that there exists an
inseparable relationship between budgeting and managerial
planning and control-in both Breweries. The study concludes that
budgeting is an important tool in managerial planning and control.
In view of this, the researcher recommend that managers and
business operators should pay more attention to budgeting
because it aids good managerial planning and control.
