Larry Patterson,president of Patterson Manufacturing,suspects that the managers of two departments have been padding their budgets for the last three years.To eliminate this problem,Larry would

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Using zero-base budgeting would require the managers to justify all expenses from scratch each year, rather than using history as a basis. This would help to identify any instances of padding budgets and eliminate the problem in the future. Firing managers, hiring an efficiency expert, or hiring a new accountant may not necessarily solve the issue of budget padding. Traditional budgeting may continue to allow for the padding of budgets.

Larry Patterson,president of Patterson Manufacturing,suspects That the Managers of Two