Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of budget speech in the Malaysian Government as a “hybrid” for … ways in which the government managed the economic and social agenda. Findings – Previous governmentality studies have … governing both the economy and social cohesion. Design/methodology/approach – Through archival research, a governmentality …

Superlatives are commonplace in descriptions of traditional budgeting. Within managerial accounting techniques, it is … criticism of traditional budgeting practices due to their inflexibility and consumption of resources, the existing studies have … information on approaches developed to enhance traditional budgeting methods. Subsequently, research was conducted on the extent …