I’m here today to take about Activity Based Management. Operating cost increases in the labor-intensive world of Higher education are creating financial stress for Colleges and Universities. Funding sources are often inadequate. Gove budgit, declining, dependent on charity. There is a need for aggressive cost reductions, service quality improvements, and useful information on which to base program decisions. Activity based management offers help in these areas. Activity based management was developed for the manufacturing …showed first 75 words of 308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 308 total…planning. You will need to have widespread understanding and a willingness and ability to act on the recommendations for a continuous improvement program. If this condition does not exit or requires strengthening, then management and staff devlopment will be necessary, and highly visible top administration support will be essential. I propose using ABM for its expected benefit in improving useful cost information and reducing operating cost of the institution Any Questions? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** IMA artical