ME 212: Module 3 - PLANNING Flashcards
It is undertaken to minimize mistakes in decision-making.
Planning
It is the output of planning that provides a methodical way of achieving the desired results.
Plan
It serves as a useful guide in the implementation of activities.
Plan
What is the first stage of any type of planning?
Conscious and explicit statement of the ultimate objectives.
It pervades management.
Planning
It not only involves predetermining a course of action to be taken relative to a known event but also includes mentally searching for possibilities of future problems that might appear.
Planning
It is a function of management in which a conscious choice of patterns of influence is determined for decision makers so that many decisions will be coordinated for some period of time and will be directed toward the chosen broad goals.
Planning
It is a predetermined course of action.
Plan
It is developed after considerable detailed study of a routine set of actions and can serve as a predetermined pattern that will ensure correct future action with a maximum of rethinking on the part of the operator.
Checklists
According to __________, planning refers to “the management function that involves anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve organizational objectives.” This definition is useful because it relates the future to what could be decided now.
Nickels and others
They defined planning as selection and sequential ordering of tasks required to achieve organizational objectives.
Aldag and Stearns
Their definition of planning provides a better guiding on how to effectively perform this vital activity.
Cole and Hamilton
Planning according to them is “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.
Cole and Hamilton
It provides an answer to the concern of an organizational, divisional, or unit goals
Setting of goals
It may be defined as the “precise statement of the results sought, quantified in the time and magnitude, where possible”.
Goal
At what organizational level is the goal of attaining a return on investment of 25%?
Company Level
At what organizational level is the goal of increasing the number of projects undertaken by the company?
Division Level
At what organizational level is the goal of increasing the number of project engineers?
Unit Level
It may be defined as “a course of action aimed at ensuring that the organization will achieve its objectives.”
Strategy
It is a short-term action taken by management to adjust to negative internal or external influences.
Tactic
They are formulated and implemented in support of the firm’s strategies.
Tactics