PAD 101: Chapter 3 (Planning)

Planning is concerned with how objectives are to be accomplished, not what is to be accomplished.

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• False

If a manager refuses to write anything down or share his plans with others in the organization, he is not truly planning.

• True

• False

Planning provides direction to managers and nonmanagers alike.

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• False

Even without planning, departments and individuals always work together, allowing organizations to move efficiently toward its goals

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• False

Research indicates that non planning organizations always outperform planning organizations.

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• False

Goals are the foundation of organizational planning

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• False

Most businesses have only one objective: to make a profit

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• False

Strategic goals are related to the financial performance of the organization

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• False

An organization’s real goals are often quite irrelevant to what actually goes on

• True

• False

Operational plans specify the details of how the achievement of the overall objectives is to be obtained

• True

• False