Business Plan And Budget Template Page 5
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50Introduction
The business plan and budget is a critical planning document for implementing the Strategic
Plan 2014 - 2016. Management creates this document by engaging the Executive Leadership
Team (ELT) and, through them, many of the other managers and staff of the Law Society. We
analyzed the work completed in 2014 and considered the work required in 2015. Several
common themes were identified to guide the preparation of the budget.
1. The Law Society continues to face increased responsibilities because of the
environment in which we regulate. We have more lawyers than ever before, more
complex complaints, and an increasingly litigious environment. Consequently, we
continue to experience an increase in the workload in the membership, conduct and
counsel departments.
2. The public and the media are paying increased attention to our work, and they are
frequently critical. This means we must do the work better than ever.
3. Alberta’s strong economy and high cost of living continues to drive up the cost of doing
business, and there is the additional expense of maintaining offices in two cities.
4. Although we have made considerable progress in our complaints and investigations
throughput, we will continue to introduce efficiencies in our regulatory processes to move
matters more expeditiously through to hearings.
5. Good management practices and expectations of the profession and the public require
us to be more up-to-date with our business technology. A number of significant multi-
year projects were initiated in 2014 to enhance our business processes and technology.
Much of this work will carry forward into 2015.
6. During the 2014 business planning and budgeting process, it became evident that the
current funding model will not sustain the Strategic Plan 2014 - 2016 (and beyond)
without significant upward pressure on the traditional suite of fees and levies. This
realization led the Benchers and Law Society management to a discussion about the
need to move to more of a user pay model that places the burden of funding on specific
risk areas of practice and lawyer conduct profile. Management is developing a
discussion paper proposing changes to the way in which fees are assessed. This work
will carry on into 2015 with an eye to implementing any approved changes to the funding
model facilitated by the planned increased automation of our business processes.
Proposed 2015 Business Plan & Budget
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