Budgetary control is the process through which financial control is exercised within an organization by preparing budgets for income and expenditure in advance, comparing them with actual performance, and taking necessary actions on variances.
Management by Exception is a management principle where decisions that cannot be handled at one level are escalated to higher levels. It is also used in budgetary control to focus on significant variances, leaving small variances without intervention.
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