Description 1. Why is effective budgeting critical to a company’s success? 2.What is a flexible budget? 3.What types of organizations might use flexible budgets? 4.Why are flexible budgets useful? 5.What are variances and why do these occur? 6.What factors would you consider when deciding whether to investigate a variance? 7.Why is it important for management to understand how a budget is prepared? 8.What is a balanced scorecard? 9.What are the four scorecard perspectives identified and the objectives of each?