CHAPTER 3: PLANNING TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Flashcards

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is the output of planning, provides a methodical way of achieving desired results.

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Plan

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the management function that involves anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve organizational objectives.

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Planning

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the selection and sequential ordering of tasks required to achieve an organizational goal

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Planning

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deciding what will be done, who will do it, where when and how it will be done, and the standards to which it will be done

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Planning

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Planning at various management Levels

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  1. Top management level - Strategic planning
  2. Middle management level- Intermediate planning
  3. Lower management level - Operational planning.
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process of determining the major goals of the organization and the policies and strategies for obtaining and using resources to achieve those goals.

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Strategic Planning

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the decision about long-range goals and the course of action to achieve these goals.

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Strategic Plan

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process of determining the contributions that subunits can make with allocated resources.

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Intermediate Planning

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the process of determining how specific tasks can best be accomplished on time with available resources.

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Operational Planning

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precise statement of results sought, quantified in time and magnitude, where possible.

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Goals

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a course of action aimed at ensuring that the organization will achieve its objectives.

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Strategy

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Tactic

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a short-term action taken by management

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a quantitative or qualitative measuring device designed to help monitor the performances of people, capital goods, or processes.

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Standard

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written document or blueprint for an organization’s marketing’ activities.

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Marketing plan

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15
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quantity of output a company must produce in broad terms and by product family.

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Production plan

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summarizes the current financial situation of the firm, analyzes financial needs.

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Financial plan

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indicates the human resource needs of a company detailed in terms of quantity and quality.

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Human resource management plan

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plans intended to cover o period of less than one year.

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Short-range plans

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plans covering a time span of more than one year.

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Long-range plans

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plans that are used again and again, and they focus on managerial situations that recur repeatedly.

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Standing Plan

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broad guidelines about recurring situations or function.

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a. Policies

22
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plans that describe the exact series of actions to be taken in each situation.

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Procedures

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statements that either require or forbid a certain action

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Rules

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plans are specifically developed to implement courses of action that are relatively unique and are unlikely to be repeated.

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Single-Use Plan

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a plan which sets forth the projected expenditure for a certain activity and explains where the required funds will come from.

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Budget

26
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designed to coordinate a large set of activities.

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Program

27
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more limited in scope than a program and is sometimes prepared to support a program.

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Project

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PARTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN

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  1. Company or corporate mission o refers to strategic statement that identifies why an organization exists, its philosophy of management, and its purpose.
  2. Objectives or goals
  3. Strategies