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LESSON 3:
Planning at Different
Levels in the Firm
STRATEGIC PLANNING- is top-level planning which
involves making decisions about the organization’s long
term goals.
TACTICAL PLANNING- is middle-level management
planning which refers to procedures and transformation
of Strategic goals/plans with specific goals.
Operational Planning- is a lower-level management
planning which involves routine tasks repeatedly done
by the firm’s lower level units.
TACTICAL PLANNING
Operational Planning
Integrating Strategic,
Tactical, and Operational
Planning
Managers in different hierarchical levels of the
organization may contribute their ideas or suggestions in
developing the strategic plan. All plans however, must be
directed toward the achievement of the organization’s
strategic goals. Finally, CEOs or company president must
see to it that all communication lines in their organization
are open, dissemination of information to all levels, and
they are aware of everything that is happening in their
LESSON 4
Planning Techniques and
Tools and their
Applications
LESSON 5:
Decision-making
All managers and workers/employees on
organizations make decisions or make choices
that affect their jobs and organization they
work for.
Definition of terms:
Decision-making- is a process which begins with
problem identification and ends with the evaluation
of implemented solutions.
8 steps of the decision- making
process suggested by ROBBINS
and COULTER (2009)
1. Identify the Problem
2. Identify the Decision Criteria
3. Allocate Weights to the Criteria
4. Develop Alternatives
5. Analyze the Alternatives
6. Select an Alternative
7. Implement the Chosen Alternative
8. Evaluate Decision Effectiveness
Structured or Programmed
Decision
Unstructured or Non-
programmed Decisions
Prepared by:
James Baryl Garcelo
&
Hernan Jhonss Nociete
QUIZ TIME
1-2 Who suggested the 8 steps of decision-making?
3- What is forecasting?
4-5 What are the two types of decisions?
6-7 What are the two types of decision-making
conditions?
8-10 what are the importance of following the
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS? To improve what?..

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Planning at Different Level in the Firm

  • 1. LESSON 3: Planning at Different Levels in the Firm
  • 2. STRATEGIC PLANNING- is top-level planning which involves making decisions about the organization’s long term goals. TACTICAL PLANNING- is middle-level management planning which refers to procedures and transformation of Strategic goals/plans with specific goals. Operational Planning- is a lower-level management planning which involves routine tasks repeatedly done by the firm’s lower level units.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 8. Integrating Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Planning Managers in different hierarchical levels of the organization may contribute their ideas or suggestions in developing the strategic plan. All plans however, must be directed toward the achievement of the organization’s strategic goals. Finally, CEOs or company president must see to it that all communication lines in their organization are open, dissemination of information to all levels, and they are aware of everything that is happening in their
  • 9.
  • 10. LESSON 4 Planning Techniques and Tools and their Applications
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 14. All managers and workers/employees on organizations make decisions or make choices that affect their jobs and organization they work for. Definition of terms: Decision-making- is a process which begins with problem identification and ends with the evaluation of implemented solutions.
  • 15. 8 steps of the decision- making process suggested by ROBBINS and COULTER (2009) 1. Identify the Problem 2. Identify the Decision Criteria 3. Allocate Weights to the Criteria 4. Develop Alternatives 5. Analyze the Alternatives 6. Select an Alternative 7. Implement the Chosen Alternative 8. Evaluate Decision Effectiveness
  • 16.
  • 17. Structured or Programmed Decision Unstructured or Non- programmed Decisions
  • 18.
  • 19.
  • 20. Prepared by: James Baryl Garcelo & Hernan Jhonss Nociete
  • 21. QUIZ TIME 1-2 Who suggested the 8 steps of decision-making? 3- What is forecasting? 4-5 What are the two types of decisions? 6-7 What are the two types of decision-making conditions? 8-10 what are the importance of following the DECISION-MAKING PROCESS? To improve what?..