LE400 (C3L1) & (C3L2) Vocabulary Exam

Operational plans usually assume the existence of objectives and cover a shorter time span. Operational plans:

• Are only effective in emergency situations

• Detail how to achieve the organization’s mission and other goals.

• Apply to the whole organization and set forth its

  mission.

• Only concern the individual.

The amount of time a long-term plan should cover depends on many things, including the organization’s mission and the changes going on outside the organization. Long-term plans are:

• Plans that cover a period of up to three months

• Plans that cover a period of three to six months months

• Plans that generally cover a period of several years

• Plans that generally cover a period of nine to twelve months

A specific plan gives exact details and targets to meet. Specific plans:

• Are useless for organizations and individuals.

• Have clear goals and objectives

• Provide little guidance upon completion

• Don't exist

An example of a directional plan would be “to increase enrollment in the JROTC unit.” Directional plans:

• Usually don't work as designed

• Provide very specific details

• The same as specific plans but with more specificity

• Are more flexible and have general guidelines.

GA-9511 provides a color guard once for the dedication of a new veterans’ memorial. You would use a single-use plan to prepare for that. Single-use plans are:

• Effective for only nine months at a time.

• Plans that generally cover a period of several years

• Plans developed for a specific event or situation.

• For only one organization or team

Standing plans are most effective for:

• Events or situations that repeat.

• Events with no goals or objectives.

• A specific event or situation.

• Planners who like to stand for long hours

In order to address the problems with traditional goal setting, many businesses and organizations have adopted a process called Management by Objectives (MBO), which is:

• In effective unless there are not more than three organizational goals.

• A goals process that does not connect well to the mission

• A process that requires little effort and little detail for working together to meet the organization's goals and objectives.

• A process in which the manager and subordinate work together to create specific objectives for the subordinate in order to achieve the organization’s goals.

A business or organization’s plan for continuing operations

during catastrophic events or disasters and its plan to recover as soon as possible is known as a:

• Emergency and Disaster Plan

• Business Continuity Plan

• Strategic Plan

• Annual Plan

Planning in which organizations ask themselves what unexpected developments could occur and then prepare for those possibilities is what type of planning?

• Organizational Planning

• Business Planning

• Contingency Planning

• Emergency Planning

How the organization will respond internally and what assistance it can render to others in an emergency or disaster is known as:

• Contingency Planning

• Drill Practice

• First Aid Awareness

• Emergency and Disaster Planning