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Budgeting review and flexible budgeting score highest, while using spreadsheets or involving key stakeholders score lower. Planning emphasizes strategic long-term goals and financial expense/revenue management, with limited comprehensive business planning. Control practices show strong performance in quality control, safeguarding assets, and expense control, alongside inventory and fraud prevention measures. 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I frequently review the budget of the business. | 3.63 | 1.50 | Often Practiced |\n| 2. I use spreadsheets or budgeting software. | 2.07 | 1.39 | Rarely Practiced |\n| 3. I create a detailed budget. | 3.15 | 1.52 | Seldom Practiced |\n| 4. I involve other key stakeholders in preparing the budget. | 2.51 | 1.43 | Rarely Practiced |\n| 5. I prepare a flexible budget. | 3.53 | 1.49 | Often Practiced |\n| Total | 2.98 |  | Seldom Practiced |\n| Planning Practices |  |  |  |\n| 1. I engage in strategic planning to set long-term goals and identify the resources needed to achieve such goals. | 3.69 | 1.46 | Often Practiced |\n| 2. I focus on short-term goals and identify the resources needed to achieve them. | 3.08 | 1.40 | Seldom Practiced |\n| 3. I have created a business plan to develop a comprehensive document that includes the operating and strategic plans. | 3.11 | 1.48 | Seldom Practiced |\n| 4. I engage in financial planning to help manage business expenses and revenues. | 3.40 | 1.45 | Often Practiced |\n| 5. I manage to prepare for any unexpected events that can arise at any time. | 3.37 | 1.39 | Seldom Practiced |\n| Total | 3.33 |  | Seldom Practiced |\n| Control Practices |  |  |  |\n| 1. I use financial controls to monitor the cash flow and prevent fraud such as the use of accounting and bookkeeping practices, setting budgets, and conducting audits. | 3.58 | 1.45 | Often Practiced |\n| 2. I often engage in inventory control such as forecasting demand based on customer purchasing patterns and adjusting inventory levels accordingly. | 3.63 | 1.37 | Often Practiced |\n| 3. I used quality control to ensure that the business is delivering high-quality products or services to the customers. | 3.95 | 1.25 | Often Practiced |\n| 4. I ensure that expenses are within the budget and meet specified quality standards. | 3.76 | 1.33 | Often Practiced |\n| 5. I protect and safeguard the assets of the business. | 3.96 | 1.33 | Often Practiced |\n| Total | 3.78 |  | Often Practiced |\n| The budgeting practices indicate that micro-business owners “Often Practiced” |  |  |  |\n\n\n|  | Frequency | Percentage |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Estimated Annual Sales Income of the Business |  |  |\n| Below 50,000 | 77 | 25.16 |\n| 50,000-60,000 | 16 | 5.23 |\n| 60,001-70,000 | 9 | 2.94 |\n| 70,001-80,000 | 12 | 3.92 |\n| 80,001-90.000 | 12 | 3.92 |\n| 90,001-100,000 | 34 | 11.11 |\n| Above 100,000 | 143 | 46.73 |\n| Did not answer | (3) | (0.98) |\n| Total | 306 | 100 |\n| Estimated Annual Net Profit of the Business |  |  |\n| Below 50,000 | 116 | 37.91 |\n| 50,000-60,000 | 27 | 8.82 |\n| 60,001-70,000 | 9 | 2.94 |\n| 70,001-80,000 | 16 | 5.23 |\n| 80,001-90.000 | 4 | 1.31 |\n| 90,001-100,000 | 15 | 4.90 |\n| Above 100,000 | 116 | 37.91 |\n| Did not answer | (3) | (0.98) |\n| Total | 306 | 100 |","cbCaisG8250A1XhQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisG8250A1XhQ","pdf",294580,14,"English","# Budgeting Practices\n# Planning Practices\n# Control Practices\n# Business Performance Distribution (Sales and Net Profit)","[{\"question\":\"Which budgeting behaviors are most frequently practiced by micro-business owners?\",\"answer\":\"Reviewing the business budget and preparing a flexible budget are marked as “Often Practiced.” Creating detailed budgets and involving other key stakeholders are less common.\"},{\"question\":\"How do planning practices vary between long-term and short-term focus?\",\"answer\":\"Engaging in strategic planning for long-term goals is “Often Practiced,” while focusing on short-term goals and identifying resources is “Seldom Practiced.” Comprehensive business plan creation is also “Seldom Practiced.”\"},{\"question\":\"What control practices receive the highest emphasis in the results?\",\"answer\":\"Quality control, safeguarding business assets, and ensuring expenses meet budget and quality standards are rated “Often Practiced.” Inventory control and fraud prevention through financial controls are also “Often Practiced.”\"}]","Micro-Business Owners - Budgeting, Planning, and Control Practices Survey | PDF",35]