Exam 8: Foundations of Planning

It's Academic You are a Faculty Dean for a regional university and your university Vice Chancellor has asked you to develop a plan for the faculty.He wants a plan covering the next five years and he wants it to be as specific as possible yet not overly constraining and containing some flexibility.The Vice Chancellor states that he wants the plan to be accurate so as not to waste time and so you will be well positioned for the future. -Refer to It's Academic (Scenario).Concerning the impact of planning on organisational change, you need to tell your boss that planning has what kind of effect?

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Question 21

Which of the following is a suggestion for improving forecasting effectiveness?

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Question 22

Which of the following is an example of a traditional goal?

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Question 23

Which of the following is another term for an 'integrated network of objectives'?

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Question 24

In a short essay, list and discuss two techniques that have been developed to help managers with the task of assessing the organisation's environment.

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Question 25

The organisational hierarchy becomes flattened as the responsibility for establishing goals and developing plans is ________.

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Question 26

All of the following are mentioned in the textbook as characteristics of well-designed goals EXCEPT ________.

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Question 27

In a short essay, list and discuss the four reasons for planning.

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Question 28

A management system in which specific performance goals are jointly determined by employees and their managers is known as ________.

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Question 29

Which of the following statements depicts the reality concerning stated and real organisational objectives?

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Question 30

Informal planning is ________.

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Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a part of the definition of planning?

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Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a quantitative forecasting technique?

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Question 33

According to the textbook, ________ is the screening of large amounts of information to anticipate and interpret changes in the environment.

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Question 34

Environmental scanning creates the foundation for forecasts.

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Question 35

Which of the following techniques is typically used when precise data is limited or hard to obtain?

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Question 36

If a manager wanted to predict next quarter's sales on the basis of four years of previous sales data, she would probably use ________.

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Question 37

Goals are the foundation of organisational planning.

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Question 38

What are two tools that managers can use to analyse their organisation's environment?

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Question 39

Which of the following is true concerning an organisation's stated objectives?

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Which of the following is a suggestion for improving forecasting effectiveness?

Which of the following is an example of a traditional goal?

Which of the following is another term for an 'integrated network of objectives'?

In a short essay, list and discuss two techniques that have been developed to help managers with the task of assessing the organisation's environment.

The organisational hierarchy becomes flattened as the responsibility for establishing goals and developing plans is ________.

All of the following are mentioned in the textbook as characteristics of well-designed goals EXCEPT ________.

In a short essay, list and discuss the four reasons for planning.

A management system in which specific performance goals are jointly determined by employees and their managers is known as ________.

Which of the following statements depicts the reality concerning stated and real organisational objectives?

Informal planning is ________.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the definition of planning?

Which of the following is NOT a quantitative forecasting technique?

According to the textbook, ________ is the screening of large amounts of information to anticipate and interpret changes in the environment.

Environmental scanning creates the foundation for forecasts.

Which of the following techniques is typically used when precise data is limited or hard to obtain?

If a manager wanted to predict next quarter's sales on the basis of four years of previous sales data, she would probably use ________.

Goals are the foundation of organisational planning.

What are two tools that managers can use to analyse their organisation's environment?

Which of the following is true concerning an organisation's stated objectives?

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