Planning Process

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A firm plans in advance and has a sound organisation structure with efficient supervisory staff and control system. On several occasions, it finds that plans are not being adhered to. It leads to confusion and duplication of work.
Advise a remedy.

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Which of the following is not a step in the process of planning?

1. Making assumptions about the future.

2. Evaluating different proposals in light of the objectives to be achieved.

3. Allocation of jobs to members of each department.

4. Seeing whether activities are performed as per schedule or not

Q. is the first step in the process of planning.

1. Developing premises
2. Identify Alternative
3. Evaluate alternative
4. Setting objectives

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This function of Management related to placing the right person in the right job is _____.

1. Controlling

2. Staffing

3. Planning

4. Organising

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What is meant by the 'follow-up action' as the step involved in the process of planning

1. Checking whether the activities are performed according to the plan and the schedule or not.

2. None of the above

3. Checking whether the activities are performed during the peak hours of the day.

4. Checking whether the activities are performed according to the manager.

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What Is Meant by developing Premises in the Process of Planning?

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Identify the correct sequence of steps involved in the planning process.

1. Evaluating alternative courses, Identifying alternative courses of action, Setting objectives, Developing premises

2. Setting objectives, Identifying alternative courses of action, Evaluating alternative courses, Developing premises

3. Setting objectives, Developing premises, Identifying alternative courses of action, Evaluating alternative courses

4. Developing premises, Setting objectives, Identifying alternative courses of action, Evaluating alternative courses

Q.

Must emergency fixes go through the deployment pipeline? True/False

Q.

The most critical step in the process of planning is evaluating the best possible course of action.

1. True

2. False

Q.

'Environment provides both constraints and opportunities'. Comment.

Q.

On the introduction of Goods and Services Tax Act, experts in the field of business started analysing and forecasting its impact on various sectors and industries. Vivek, an established businessman, attended a few seminars and conferences organnised by such experts to familiarize himself with this information. He wanted to use these forecasts to reduce the uncertainty in making decisions for the future in his business.

1. Developing Premises

2. Evaluating alternative course

3. Selecting an alternative

4. Identifying alternative course of action

Q.

It is the process of management that is concerned with obtaining, utilising and maintaining a satisfactory and satisfied workforce.

1. Organising

2. Directing

3. Staffing

4. Planning

Q.

"To see whether plans are being implemented and activities are being performed according to schedule, ' is a step of planning process. Identify the step

1. Implementing the plan

2. Evaluating alternative course

3. Follow-up action

4. Developing premises

Q. A major insurance company handled all recruiting, screening and training processes for data entry/customer service representatives. Their competitor was attracting most of the qualified, potential employees in their market. Recruiting was made even more difficult by the strong economy and the ‘jobseeker’s market.’ This resulted in the client having to choose from candidates who had the ‘soft’ skills needed for the job, but lacked the proper ‘hard’ skills and training.

Questions
a. As an HR manager what problems do you see in the company?
b. How do you think it can be resolved and what would be its impact on the company?

Q.

'Best Bulbs Pvt. Ltd.' was manufacturing good quality LED bulbs and catering to the local market. The current production of the company is 800 bulbs a day. Sumit, the marketing manager of the company, surveyed the market and decided to supply the bulbs to five-star hotels also. He anticipated the higher demand in the future and decided to buy a sophisticated machine to improve further the quality and quantity of the bulbs produced.

Identify the factors affecting fixed capital requirements of the company.

Q.

Which plan is defined as the formalised or systematic way of doing routine or repetitive jobs?

1. Procedure

2. Method

3. Rule

4. All of the above

Q.

The production manager of a company received the complaint that the quality of the goods was not good. After the investigation, it came to light that the machines had become very old. That is why they were unable to achieve standardised quality. The production manager developed several options by way of a solution to this problem. Example, getting the machines required, purchasing new local machines, purchasing new imported machines, if possible taking machines on rent etc. The CEO of the company wanted the list of options to be smaller so that a thorough study could be made for them. In order to make the list of optional ways smaller, he decided to give up all these options which required the investment of more than 10 crores.

What do you understand from the fact of company fixing the maximum investment limit on options?

1. Setting up on the objectives

2. Developing premises

3. Listing the various alternatives for achieving the objectives

4. Evaluation of different alternatives

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The first two steps in the process of planning

1. 1. Setting objectives

   2. Strategy development

2. 1. Setting objectives

   2. Developing premises

3. 1. Setting objectives

   2. Innovation of Idea

4. 1. Setting objectives

   2. Organising

Q. The main requirements of sound objectives must be :

1. Clear
2. Time frame
3. Specific period
4. All of the above

Q.

ILT Ltd. is a small enterprise. Suggest whether this company can afford to install an expensive control system or not.

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In which stage of a planning process, does a course of alternatives is to be weighed against each other.

1. Setting Objectives

2. Developing Premises

3. Evaluating Alternative Courses

4. Selecting an Alternative

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Narayan Ltd. laid down strictly 'The only graduate and experienced candidates will be recruited'. As from past many years, the company is recruiting freshers due to which the performance has declined constantly.

(i) Identify and briefly explain the type of plan mentioned in the above paragraph.

(ii) Which values of a company were affected by recruiting freshers?

Q. Write short answer of the following :

Write a note on importance of planning.

Q.

"Is planning actually worth the huge cost involved?" Explain.

Q.

Which of the following are examples of external premises?

1. Assumption regarding government policy

2. Assumption regarding competitor

3. Assumption regarding natural calamities

4. Assumption regarding the future

Q. Short Answer Type Question.
Describe the functions of labeling in the marketing of products.

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Do you think planning can work in a changing environment?

Q. 'RO Youth Club' organised a visit of its members to an Old Age Home to inculcate the habit of social work among them. The visit revealed that the living conditions of the inmates of the Old Age Home were not hygienic. So, the RO Youth Club members decided to clean the premises. During their cleanliness drive, they realised that the Old Age Home also required pest control. But some of the inmates of the Old Age Home were reluctant for it because they believed that the pest control may create health problems for them. RO Youth Club, therefore, decided to provide ethical , safe and odourless pest control. They showed to the inmates of the Old Age Home a pamphlet of the proposed pest control product which promised easy, inexpensive and long-lasting pest control. The inmates happily agreed and the pest control was carried out. The effect of the pest control started wearing off after a fortnight. RO Youth Club contracted the pest control company which kept on postponing their visit. After waiting for a month, RO Youth Club filed a case in the consumer court.
The consumer court was satisfied about the genuineness of the complaint and issued necessary directions to the pest control company..
(a) State any six directions that might have been issued by the court.
(b) Identify any two values that are being communicated by RO Youth Club to the society.

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The main requirements of sound objectives must be :

1. Clear

2. Specific

3. Time

4. Acceptable to people

Q. At point [10], the writer is considering adding the following sentence:
'As the number of corporate and service-based jobs has increased, the need for people who work with their hands has diminished.'

1. Yes, because it provides an example of specific repair skills being lost.
2. No, because it contradicts the claims made in the rest of the paragraph.
3. Yes, because it elaborates on the statistic about the Netherlands municipal waste.
4. No, because it blurs the paragraphs focus by introducing a topic that is not further explained.