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The process by which managers set goals and specify how they will be reached is:Read the answer and worked solution →Plans are said to have two basic components: action statements and:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning is described as being mainly what kind of activity?Read the answer and worked solution →Managers are advised to treat planning as part of their:Read the answer and worked solution →One stated reason managers plan is to offset:Read the answer and worked solution →A study cited found absenteeism cost companies each year about:Read the answer and worked solution →How many steps does the planning process described contain?Read the answer and worked solution →The third step, forming assumptions about the future environment, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →In the fourth step, managers develop a statement detailing what needs to be done. That is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The fifth step involves formulating plans that bolster and explain the basic plan. These are:Read the answer and worked solution →Rules, policies and procedures, used repeatedly for recurring issues, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Plans developed for unique situations and usually replaced after one use are:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is one of the three types of that once-only plan?Read the answer and worked solution →Controls used before work begins, to prevent deviation from the plan, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Controls used after the product or service is finished, to examine output, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Controls applied while the work is under way are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning and controlling are described in effective organisations as being:Read the answer and worked solution →Effective control systems rest, above all, on good:Read the answer and worked solution →Plans that are placed on a shelf and never revisited show a failure to value:Read the answer and worked solution →The push for continuous improvement in processes and products came in part from:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the planning stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the control typesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the planning gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the planning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Repeated or one offRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the controlsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Planning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The process by which managers set goals and specify how they will be reached is:

  1. Planning
  2. Painting
  3. Packing
  4. Parsing
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Correct answer: A. Planning

1. Goals come first. 2. The route to them is then set out. 3. It is planning. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 17, Organizational Planning and Controlling._

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Plans are said to have two basic components: action statements and:

  1. Ground statements
  2. Goal statements
  3. Guest statements
  4. Grant statements
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Correct answer: B. Goal statements

1. One half says what is to be achieved. 2. The other says what must be done. 3. The first is goal statements. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 17, Organizational Planning and Controlling._

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Planning is described as being mainly what kind of activity?

  1. Intellectual
  2. Industrial
  3. Incidental
  4. Institutional
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Correct answer: A. Intellectual

1. It is hard to watch it happening. 2. Most of it unfolds in the mind. 3. It is an intellectual activity. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 17, Organizational Planning and Controlling._

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