You have been asked to reduce your department's operating budget by 20%. In order to do you will have to effect reductions in your largest budget line. You will have to make cuts in

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Personnel typically make up the largest portion of a department's budget, so reducing personnel costs would likely result in the necessary 20% reduction. Equipment, supplies, and contracts may also need to be reduced, but they are not typically the largest budget lines.

You Have Been Asked to Reduce Your Department's Operating Budget