alleryStart learning →Who developed zero-based budgeting in the 1970s?
AFrederick Taylor
BPeter Pyhrr
CJimmy Carter
DHenri Fayol
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Peter Pyhrr
Zero-based budgeting was developed by Peter Pyhrr, who worked as an accounting manager at Texas Instruments.
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