importance of planning?
IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING
As the news of influenza pandemic broke out, it was witnessed that the government and health
officials rushed to purchasing medicines, conducting disaster drills and taking such initiatives
that would limit the spread of these diseases.
However, one survey indicated that 72% companies had not even begun to prepare for the bird
flu pandemic. Most of the business officials in United States stated that they had nobody in
charge of a plan that could identify the severity of the issue and its impact on operations. On the
contrary, Asian and particularly Southeast Asian countries had planned for this situation, as
they previously had to deal with the SARS outbreak in 2003 which brought the regions’
commerce to a standstill. But they were well prepared this time. A survey of 80 corporate
officials held by American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong found that nearly every
company had someone incharge of such catastrophic situations and 60 percent stated that they
had clearly mapped out plans that could be implemented immediately in such a crisis situation.
For instance, HSBC, a global bank took steps to help and prepare its employees work from
home and also prepared to divide work among multiple sites. Even FedEx said it had prepared
contingency plans down to every district or market in Asia Pacific.
But what about those businesses that had not yet prepared for a potential outbreak? A report on
the outbreak of such a deadly flu reported. “In a world where the global supply chain and real-
time inventories determine almost everything we do, down to the food available for purchase in
our grocery stores, the importance of advanced planning can not be overstated.”
1. What role do you think goals might play in a company’s planning for any possible
pandemic outbreak? List down some goals that you think might will be important.
2. What type of plans might companies need for this situation ( for instance short term,
long term or both) Explain why you think these plans are important in this situation
3. Being a manager what planning tools would you recommend to deal with this type of
situation effectively?
I would ask the Asians since they already did it.
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Goal setting encourages one to look at themselves more clearly to see where they are and what they want. This is truly helpful as it can help one see the many blessings in their life as well as what improvements would be appreciated. Goals are desires outcomes for individuals, groups, or entire organization. They are also called ‘objectives’. The goals play very important role in a company’s planning
1.The first step to change is acknowledging that there is something to change.
2.Then goal setting provides a toolset for you change and create the life YOU want.
3.I have found that putting 2 conditions on goals has really helped me:
a.The goal can not harm others. I feel that what comes around – goes around. As such, this feels like a good thing to avoid.
b.The goal helps others or the universe. Rather than saying: "I want to be rich", having a goal like: "Having time to be with family and serve in the community" or "Helping me give to friends and charity" or "Allow me to make the world more beautiful" are much better goals than simply making a goal of being rich.
Respect the environment
Promote community welfare
Continue implementing quality system
Identify potential unexpected events
Have a appropriate response (plan)in place if these unexpected events occur
Question no 2 :
what types of plan companies need for this situatuation (for instance short term ,long term or both )explain why you think these plans are important in this situation .
Answer. The most popular ways to describe organizational plans are by their BREDTH, TIME FRAME, SPECIFICITY, and FREQUENCY OF USE. Strategic plans are long term, directional,and single use. operational plans are shorter term ,specific ,and standing . In this case government and health officials need to time frame (long term and short term planning). Why these plans are are important? Planning provides direction to government and health official ,that what they must contribute to reach goals ,they can coordinate their activities, cooperate with each other and do what it takes to accomplish those goals. Without planning, departments and individuals might work at cross-purpose, preventing the organization from moving efficiently towards its goals. Planning also reduce uncertainty by forcing managers to look ahead. Planning minimize waste and redundancy. Planning established the goals used in controlling. Planning will increase the performance of health officials in this case to limit the spread of decease.
Question no 3.
Being a manager what planning tools would you recommended to deal with this type of situation effectively?
Answer: There are different types of tools that used in planning like environment analysis, environment scanning, competitor intelligence, forecasting and benchmarking. In this situation I think benchmarking is the best tool to deal with this type of situation effectively. The basic idea behind benchmarking is that we can improve performance by analyzing and coping the methods of leaders in various fields. As in this situation Asian and particularly south Asian countries had planned. According to survey 80 corporate nearly every company had someone in charge of such catastrophic situation and most of them had clearly mapped out plans that could be implemented immediately in such a crisis situation. So we can improve performance by analyzing and copying the methods of that company.
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I would ask the Asians since they already did it.
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