Discussion Board 2: Goal of planning
Definition:
“Planning, a crucial function of management, is setting goals for specific results and determining how to achieve those results. The goal of planning is to anticipate as many future events as possible in order to successfully formulate a course of action, increase revenues, and satisfy owner requirements.” (Satterlee, 2013, p. 64)
Summary:
Vedpuriswar, director at Cognizant Technology Solutions and author of a great number of articles about global management and business trends, wrote the article “Strategic planning and risk management – Closer integration, better business” in order to describe the advantages of setting plans for every eventualities and the connection between strategic planning …show more content…
64). This statement is so meaningful that somehow reflects the importance of planning in every situation. Planning is the very first step in a process, a vital function in management, and a foundation to promote one business to achieve the goal with high efficiency. Again, every manager needs to set up plans, including backup ones, because planning shows a significant operational direction for future, decreases the influence of some external social factors, prevents from wasting the labor resources, and creates important standards to compare when everything is done. Those who do not have a habit of making plan before getting started will probably not succeed in their business and easily feel disappointed since they have no idea for what they should do next. As a result, they may waste a great amount of time and money on getting things done and sometimes putting efforts onto a wrong solution. Let’s think about it. Does that mean “planning to fail”? Obviously, a leader cannot be unable to plan each eventuality. Being capable of planning means being able to look closely into the future, and predict the changes of internal organization and diverse environments so that they can get prepared as much as they can. In short, it is common to say that every company has to face up with a lot of risks, but in order to tell that which one is better than others, we should look at their planning where all operational directions show …show more content…
God has given us a mission that requires us, His leaders, to plan. And he has given us examples in His word to follow. There are some verses addressing the idea of long term planning. Luke 14:28-32 and 1 Corinthians 16:9 are good examples for long-term planning. In Luke 14:28-32, it talks about two different situations, building a tower and a king going to war, in which long-term planning is really important to decide what to do next. The timeline seems more stretched out. 1 Corinthians 16:9 also discusses long-term planning when he mentioned “a great door for effective work”, which is probably the foundation he had set up before getting work done. From these results we can see that long term planning allows for an overall view of the situation and the ability to successfully prepare for short-term circumstances. Matthew 20:23, Matthew 25:34, Luke 12:47, Timothy 6:18, 1 Peter 3:15, and 1 Peter 5:2-3 are other examples for short-term planning. Some of them are about what has already been planned by God, what He is commanding them to immediately do, or what will happen in near future… As Christians, we always believe that God has already had plans for everything in life, which can help Him come up with the best decision when starting doing anything. That is why we never lose hope and faith in Him, just because He is so good that we can idolize Him in the rest of life without any
Definition:
“Planning, a crucial function of management, is setting goals for specific results and determining how to achieve those results. The goal of planning is to anticipate as many future events as possible in order to successfully formulate a course of action, increase revenues, and satisfy owner requirements.” (Satterlee, 2013, p. 64)
Summary:
Vedpuriswar, director at Cognizant Technology Solutions and author of a great number of articles about global management and business trends, wrote the article “Strategic planning and risk management – Closer integration, better business” in order to describe the advantages of setting plans for every eventualities and the connection between strategic planning …show more content…
64). This statement is so meaningful that somehow reflects the importance of planning in every situation. Planning is the very first step in a process, a vital function in management, and a foundation to promote one business to achieve the goal with high efficiency. Again, every manager needs to set up plans, including backup ones, because planning shows a significant operational direction for future, decreases the influence of some external social factors, prevents from wasting the labor resources, and creates important standards to compare when everything is done. Those who do not have a habit of making plan before getting started will probably not succeed in their business and easily feel disappointed since they have no idea for what they should do next. As a result, they may waste a great amount of time and money on getting things done and sometimes putting efforts onto a wrong solution. Let’s think about it. Does that mean “planning to fail”? Obviously, a leader cannot be unable to plan each eventuality. Being capable of planning means being able to look closely into the future, and predict the changes of internal organization and diverse environments so that they can get prepared as much as they can. In short, it is common to say that every company has to face up with a lot of risks, but in order to tell that which one is better than others, we should look at their planning where all operational directions show …show more content…
God has given us a mission that requires us, His leaders, to plan. And he has given us examples in His word to follow. There are some verses addressing the idea of long term planning. Luke 14:28-32 and 1 Corinthians 16:9 are good examples for long-term planning. In Luke 14:28-32, it talks about two different situations, building a tower and a king going to war, in which long-term planning is really important to decide what to do next. The timeline seems more stretched out. 1 Corinthians 16:9 also discusses long-term planning when he mentioned “a great door for effective work”, which is probably the foundation he had set up before getting work done. From these results we can see that long term planning allows for an overall view of the situation and the ability to successfully prepare for short-term circumstances. Matthew 20:23, Matthew 25:34, Luke 12:47, Timothy 6:18, 1 Peter 3:15, and 1 Peter 5:2-3 are other examples for short-term planning. Some of them are about what has already been planned by God, what He is commanding them to immediately do, or what will happen in near future… As Christians, we always believe that God has already had plans for everything in life, which can help Him come up with the best decision when starting doing anything. That is why we never lose hope and faith in Him, just because He is so good that we can idolize Him in the rest of life without any