Many Organizations Develop a Professional Planning Staff with Overall Responsibility

Multiple Choice

Many organizations develop a professional planning staff with overall responsibility for the planning process.Which of the following is NOT a reason for using a planning staff?

A) The need to integrate and coordinate planning activities
B) The need to reduce coalition formation in the organization
C) The fact that managers often lack the required tools and skills to do a good job of planning
D) The fact that managers tend to focus only on what is good for their part of the organization
E) The need to reduce the workload of individual managers