Cost Management and Control Will Enhance Your Ability to
ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION 
Whether Your Mission is:
  Governmental
  Business or
  Personal

Cost management and control in organizations is generally much more complex than that needed for families and individuals although many concepts and ideas are mutually useful. 

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Although the Government Management Institute is primarily targeted on government and non profit operations most of the material is relevant for corporations, partnership, and sole proprietorships. 

 

The greatest differences between these organizations lies in the cash inflows to the organization.  Government organizations usually get financial resources from appropriations while businesses must sell something.  Both have similar cash outflows for salaries, benefits, supplies, and capital goods. Cost management and control is truly a universally needed skill. 

 

The thirty five years of materials on this website are mostly focused has focused on government applications and the Government Management Institute was founded primarily to work in this community.  Government organizations do differ from business organizations in that they do not have to make a profit in order to survive.  Their more benign financial environment certainly changes the motivation to management and control costs. 

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However, the ability of government to remain eternally inefficient is unlikely and there is no doubt that greater accomplishment of missions is readily achievable by applying these concepts.