PLAN, DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Problems can be:

• short-term

• medium-term

• long-term

• All three

To solve a problem you must first:

• analyse the rpoblem

• generate potential solutions

• take action

• define the problem

Leaders must:

• seek to resolve the problem themselves

• seek to resove the problem quickly

• support those closest to problem to determine their own solutions

What is Management?

• The act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals

• solve problem

• refer to the person or people who perform the act of management

• non of the above

What is Planning?

• do something important

• Process of deciding in advance what is to be done, where, how and by whom it is to be done.

• set a date

• Primary management function because it establishes the basis for all the other functions that managers perform

Planning involves:

• None of the below

• establishing an overall strategy for achieving those goals

• defining the organisation’s goals

• developing a comprehensive set of plans to integrate and coordinate organisational work.

Planning involves ________ important element:

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

There are ___________ components for Mission Statement

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Significance of Planning are:

• Minimises uncertainty

• Emphasis on objectives

• Promotes coordination

• Facilitates control

_____ defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated.

• Organizational structure

• work speacialization

• Departmentalization

• Organizational behavior