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 remedy.

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In this case plans are implemented properly. As the question says it has effective supervisory and control system is no problem at supervisory level and top level.
Problem is seen in middle level
Explain functions of middle level

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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.

Santo Ltd. has to develop its organisational, plan for the current year and for this purpose they hire professional consultants from the United States. These consultants incurred a lot of money in a collection of facts, figures, surveys, etc., including the salaries of the consultants. This whole process of planning has already proved to be a very costly affair and the eventual total cost may exceed the gains expected from the plan. In addition, the top management did not involve a middle and supervisory level of management during the planning process. These two levels of management are neither allowed to deviate from their plans nor are they permitted to act on their own. They keep thinking along the same lines as others so that nothing new or innovative gets added to the process.

(i) Should Santo Ltd, continue with existing planning with consultants from the United States? Explain with reasons. Also explain, which limitation of planning is reflected in this case?

(ii) Which limitation of planning is reflected when top management does not involve a middle and supervisory level of management during the planning process the above case? What remedial steps can Santo Ltd., take to overcome this limitation?

Q. Why are rules considered to be plans?
(Rules are considered as plans because they are made in advance for smooth functioning of an organisation)

The top management of Phospher Ltd. is engaged in organisation planning but they do not involve middle and supervisory level of management. These two levels of management are neither allowed to deviate from their plans nor are they permitted to act on their own. They keep thinking along the same lines as others so that nothing new or innovative gets added to the process.

(i) Which limitation of planning is reflected in above case?

(ii) What is the meaning of this limitation in the context of the case study?

(iii) What remedial step will Phospher Ltd., take to overcome this limitation?

___ refers to forecast, to plan, to organise, to command, to coordinate and to control for achieving of organisational goal effectively and efficiently.

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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 remedy.

In this case plans are implemented properly. As the question says it has effective supervisory and control system is no problem at supervisory level and top level.Problem is seen in middle levelExplain functions of middle level

In this case plans are implemented properly. As the question says it has effective supervisory and control system is no problem at supervisory level and top level.
Problem is seen in middle level
Explain functions of middle level