title: Budgeting in the nursing services area: management control, political and witchcraft uses.
abstract: Budgeting traditionally has been viewed as a separate form of management control used in planning, coordinating and controlling organizational activity. However, budgeting may also serve as a political and witchcraft tool, particularly in organizations with dwindling resources.
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D005376:Financial Management; D006276:Health Facility Size; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011057:Politics