Planning, Organizing

What principles should guide our actions as we build and operate the business?

• Core values

• Set Goals and Objectives

• Mission.

• Develop Tactical and Operational Plans

One purpose of assessing the external environment is to identify both, ________________ that could benefit the company and ___________ to its success

• Core values and mission

• Set Goals and Objectives

• Opportunities and threats.

• SWOT and analysis

1. Clarify the expected behavior and output of employees — or volunteers and others.

• Policies

• Mission.

• SWOT analysis

• Core values.

An important characteristic of the objectives is, that _______________ over time

• they are permanent.

• they are useless.

• they change.

• they are unachievable

The overall plan is broken down into more manageable, shorter-term components called ____________________. These plans specify the activities and allocation of resources (people, equipment, money) needed to implement the overall strategic plan over a given period.

• Plan for Contingencies and Crises

• Operational plans.

• Tactical plans.

• Budget planning.

Successful managers anticipate and plan for the unexpected. Dealing with uncertainty requires to have a _______________ to overcome to the unplanned. situations.

• Tactical plans.

• Plan for Contingencies and Crises.

• Operational plans.

• Budget planning

They develop alternative courses of action in case an anticipated change does occur.

• Tactical plans

• Operational plans.

• Crisis management.

• Contingency Planning

_________________are major accomplishments that the company wants to achieve over a long period (say, five years).

• Programs

• SWOT

• Goals

• Objectives

___________________ are shorter-term performance targets that direct the activities of the organization toward the attainment of a _________________

• Goal & objective

• Goal & policies

• Objectives & goal

• Policies & procedures

Approach used to assess a company’s fit with its environment by analyzing its strengths, weaknesses, , opportunities, and threats.

• Strengths, weaknesses.

• Opportunities, and threats.

• SWOT

• Strenths, opportunities