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"Fiscal Reality at Michigan State University"
Author: Flinn, Ronald T.
Published In: Rightsizing Effectively: An APPA Task Force Report
Date: 1995

Shares experiences at Michigan State University where physical plant staff was reduced from 600 to 500 and fiscal realities required rapid and significant steps in order to survive.  Describes history of events, zero-based budget thinking, guidelines used to prioritize service responsibilities, determining impact of service reductions, and communicating cuts with campus.  Appendices provide additional details, including budget analyses, budget reduction plans, memo sent to campus announcing physical plant services reduction, and executive summary of plans.



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