The document discusses barriers to effective planning in educational organizations. It defines planning and goals, and outlines six questions planning answers. It then lists six benefits of planning: giving direction, focusing on objectives and results, establishing teamwork, anticipating problems and coping with change, providing guidelines for decision making, and being a prerequisite for other management functions.
The document discusses barriers to effective planning in educational organizations. It defines planning and goals, and outlines six questions planning answers. It then lists six benefits of planning: giving direction, focusing on objectives and results, establishing teamwork, anticipating problems and coping with change, providing guidelines for decision making, and being a prerequisite for other management functions.
The document discusses barriers to effective planning in educational organizations. It defines planning and goals, and outlines six questions planning answers. It then lists six benefits of planning: giving direction, focusing on objectives and results, establishing teamwork, anticipating problems and coping with change, providing guidelines for decision making, and being a prerequisite for other management functions.
The document discusses barriers to effective planning in educational organizations. It defines planning and goals, and outlines six questions planning answers. It then lists six benefits of planning: giving direction, focusing on objectives and results, establishing teamwork, anticipating problems and coping with change, providing guidelines for decision making, and being a prerequisite for other management functions.
Professor: Mercedes G. Sanchez, Ed.D. Discussants: Tolentino, Debbie S. and Trajano, Abegail T. Defining A plan is a blueprint for goal achievement that specifies the A goal is a necessary resource desired future allocations, state that the organization schedules, tasks, and attempts to other actions. realize. means determining the organization's goals and defining the means for achieving them Planning increases the possibility of survival by actively anticipating and managing the risks that may occur in the future. In short, planning is preparing for tomorrow, today. Not only does planning provide direction and a unity of purpose for organizations, it also answers six basic questions in regard to any activity: a. What needs to be accomplished? b. When is the deadline? c. Where will this be done? c. Who will be responsible for it? d. How will it get done? e. How much time, energy, and resources are required to accomplish this goal? OF
1. Gives an organization a sense of
direction. Without plans and goals, organizations merely react to daily occurrences without considering what will happen in the long run. 2. Focuses attention on objectives and results. Plans keep the people who carry them out focused on the anticipated results. In addition, keeping sight of the goal also motivates employees. OF
3. Establishes a basis for
teamwork. Diverse groups cannot effectively cooperate in joint projects without an integrated plan.
4. Helps anticipate problems and
cope with change. When management plans, it can help forecast future problems and make any necessary changes up front to avoid them. OF 5. Provides guidelines for decision making. Decisions are future‐oriented. If management doesn't have any plans for the future, they will have few guidelines for making current decisions. 6. Serves as a prerequisite to employing all other management functions. Planning is primary, because without knowing what an organization wants to accomplish, management can't intelligently undertake any of the other basic managerial activities: organizing, staffing, leading, and/or controlling.