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Being a management guru, you feel that the adopted plan is not suitable for company's growth. Suggest an ideal plan for your company and briefly discuss its characteristics.

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An ideal plan should be effective, simple and should make the objectives of an organisation clear.It helps in achieving the targets, reduces the risk of uncertainty, helps in coordination and encourages innovation and creativity. Some main characteristics are:
(i) Clarity The objectives and goals to be achieved should be clearly defined
(ii) Practicability The plan should be based on facts and their implementation should be possible
(iii) Flexibility A plan should be flexible, so that it can adopt the changes
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  2. "Planning is not the remedy of all the deficiencies of the business. I...

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  3. How does planning lead to rigidity and reduce creativity? Explain.

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  4. Explain briefly the first two steps in the process of planning

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  5. Define 'planning'. Explain the first two steps in the process of plann...

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  6. Explain the first three steps in the process of ' planning'

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  7. What are derivative plans and why they are formulated?

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  8. What is a 'procedure'? Give an example for the same.

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  9. Explain objective and 'policy as types of plan using suitable examples

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  10. Explain 'method' and 'rule' as types of plan

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  11. What is a 'programme' ? Give a suitable example for the same

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  12. Explain the meaning of planning premises with example.

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  13. A firm wants to increase its sales by 25% in the coming year Suggest t...

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  14. Differentiate between budget and procedure

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  16. Useless and redundant activities are minimised or eliminated, when man...

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  17. You are a strategic analyst in XYZ Ltd. While developing the planning ...

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  18. Differentiate between method' and "budget' as types of plans

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  19. Differentiate between standing and single use plans

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  20. In 2015, Naveen left his luxurious life in Mumbai, where he worked as ...

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