McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2009 The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved Chapter Five Planning The Foundation of Successful Management
5-2 Planning & Uncertainty Planning coping with uncertainty by formulating future courses of action to achieved specified results
5-3 Planning & Strategic Management Figure 5.1
5-4 How Planning Helps You 1.Helps you check on your progress 2.Helps you coordinate activities 3.Helps you think ahead 4.Helps you cope with uncertainty
5-5 The Adaptive Cycle Adaptive Cycle businesses are continuously cycling through decisions about three kinds of business problems: (1) entrepreneurial, (2) engineering, and (3) administrative
5-6 Making Plans Figure 5.2
5-7 Three Types of Planning for Three Levels of Management Strategic planning determine what the organization’s long- term goals should be for the next 1-5 years with the resources they expect to have available
5-8 Three Types of Planning for Three Levels of Management Tactical planning determine what contributions their departments can make during the next months
5-9 Three Types of Planning for Three Levels of Management Operational planning how to accomplish specific tasks within the next 1-52 weeks
5-10 Goals, Action Plans, & Operating Plans Goals specific commitment to achieve a measurable result within a stated period of time also known as an objective strategic, tactical, operational
5-11 What Is MBO? 1.Jointly set objectives 2.Develop action plan 3.Periodically review performance 4.Give performance appraisal and rewards, if any
5-12 Setting SMART Goals Specific Measurable Attainable Results-oriented Target dates
5-13 The Planning/Control Cycle Figure 5.5
5-14 Project Planning Project management achieving a set of goals through planning, scheduling, and maintaining progress of the activities that comprise the project
5-15 The Project Life Cycle Figure 5.6