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Administration

PAD 401

Planning Lecture

At the end of this lecture you should:

- Understanding the meaning of planning.

- The types of plans

- Contingency factors in planning

- Myths about planning

- Objectives: the foundation of planning

- Strategic planning

- Tools for planning

- Management by objectives

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What is Planning?

Planning is the management of the

organization’s future in an uncertain

environment.

Find the definition of selected word.

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What are the types of plans?

Strategic

- To make the direction of the organization

and establish objectives.

- Understand its current position.

Operational

- Specify details to help achieve an objective.

Find a relation between management levels

and plans types

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Myths about planning

• Inaccurate plan is a waste of

management’s time !

• Planning can eliminate change !

• Planning reduces flexibility !

Discussing

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Objectives: the foundation of

planning

Vision • The overall aspiration of the business

Mission •The overall purpose of the business

goals •What business intend to achieve

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Objectives

•More detailed statement of the goals

Policies •Principle of action>

procedures •Sequence of official activities.

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Objective should be:

• Specific

• Attainable

• Challenging

Is the objective ambitious enough to be

challenging?

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Strategic planning

Environmental assessment

Setting and elaboration

Development of operational plans and

budget

Implementation

Evaluation and Feedback

Identify mission/ goals/

values

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Tools for planning

1. Environmental scanning and forecasting

2. SWOT analysis.

3. Benchmarking.

4. Operation research.

5. Standards and guidelines

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Management by Objectives

(MBO)

Management by objectives (MBO) is a

process of defining objectives within an

organization so that management and

employees agree to the objectives and

understand what they need to do in the

organization in order to achieve them.

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week one duties

• Vocabulary revision

• Write a paragraph about management

(roles, factors, functions etc.)

• Explain one of MBO principles

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