Automation of Budgeting Process in a Government Office

Abstract

This study aims to assess the level of agreement on the automation of the budgeting process of a Government Office. The study employed the descriptive method of research which was designed to provide in-depth information about the characteristics of subjects or setting within a particular field of study. The researcher gathered the data using a survey questionnaire as the research’s main tool along with telephone and face-to-face interview to guide and get direct information from the respondents. The respondents were composed of 219 budget officers who were directly involved in the preparation of the company’s budget with at least two (2) years of experience in government service. Majority of the level of agreement on the automated Budgeting Process in terms of Correctness, Usability, Reliability, Efficiency and Scalability was verbally interpreted as “Somewhat Agree”. This is mainly due to the system incompatibility with the required Operating System and the spreadsheet application to be used. Hence, a system upgrade is suggested, not only in the current budget system, but also to the technology used by the users. Furthermore, to avoid deterioration in the system’s performance, scalability of the system must be take into consideration to be able to handle the growing number of users as well as workload. This should be done along with various trainings to fully attain the goal of automation. Lastly, further studies can be done on the technical issues and aspects of the automated Budgeting Process.