Question

Give the meaning of 'procedure' and 'rule' as types if plans.

Answer 1

• Procedures can be described as the details of action or the guidelines that are given in order to achieve the objectives of the organization. The procedures provide details regarding the ways in which the things have to be done by the organization. In this way, there is no room for personal judgment in these cases. It is also important that the procedures should help in implementing the policies of the organization. The procedures should also decide the policy of accountability.
  
• Rules are the plans that provide the required course of action regarding a particular situation. Therefore a rule can also be described as a decision that has to be made by the management regarding what needs to be done in case of a particular situation. In this way, a rule is always rigid and definite and it does not allow the subordinates to have any discretion or deviation.