Lesson 1284 of 1524
Organizational Planning and Controlling
Plans have two basic components: outcome or goal statements and action statements.
Practice this chapterPlans have two basic components: outcome or goal statements and action statements. Understand the importance of planning and why organizations need to plan and control
Planning is the process by which managers establish goals and specify how these goals are to be attained. Outcome or goal statements represent the end state—the targets and outcomes managers hope to attain.
controlling — Monitoring the behavior of organizational members and the effectiveness of the organization itself to determine whether organizational goals are being achieved and taking…. planning — The process by which managers establish goals and specify how these goals are to be attained. action statements — The means by which an organization moves forward to attain its goals. outcome or goal statements — End states—the targets and outcomes that managers hope to attain.
Be able to identify different types of plans and control systems employed by organizations; define and describe the different types of plans defined in Table 17.1 and how organizations use them.
Worked example
What does “controlling” mean in Organizational Planning and Controlling?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for controlling.
- 2The book says: Monitoring the behavior of organizational members and the effectiveness of the organization itself to determine whether organizational goals are being achieved and taking….
- 3Do not use the meaning of planning. That term means The process by which managers establish goals and specify how these goals are to be attained.
Result: Monitoring the behavior of organizational members and the effectiveness of the organization itself to determine whether organizational goals are being achieved and taking…
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for controlling.
Do not swap controlling and planning. controlling means Monitoring the behavior of organizational members and the effectiveness of the organization itself to determine whether organizational goals are being achieved and taking…. planning means The process by which managers establish goals and specify how these goals are to be attained.
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