...by managers, including strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning. Terms, such as single-use plans, continuing plans, policy, procedure and rule, will also be defined. Planning to PlanHave you ever heard the saying 'Those who fail to plan, plan to fail'? While I can't speak to all facets of life, this is certainly true in business. Managers find themselves planning for all sorts of things. So much so, that planning is one of the four major functions of management. In doing so, a manager can be certain that he or she is working toward some organization goal. There are three main types of plans that a manager will use in his or her pursuit of company goals, which include operational, tactical and strategic. If you think about these three types of plans as stepping stones, you can see how their relationship to one another aids in the achievement of organizational goals. Operational plans are necessary to attain tactical plans and tactical plans lead to the achievement of strategic plans. Then, in true planning fashion, there are also plans to backup plans that fail. These are known as contingency plans. To better understand how each type of plan is used by managers, let's take a look at an example from Nino's Pizzeria and how Tommy, Martha and Frank carry out their planning responsibilities. Strategic PlansTo best understand the relationship between the different types of plans, let's start at the top. Strategic plans are designed with the entire organization in...
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...GOVERNMENT OF GHANA EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN 2003 to 2015 VOLUME 1 POLICIES, TARGETS AND STRATEGIES Ministry of Education May 2003 Education Strategic Plan, Volume 1 EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN 2003 - 2015 Volume 1: Policy, Targets and Strategies Contents page List of Abbreviations used in ESP Foreword by Honourable Minister of Education Chapter 1 4 2 The Education Strategic Plan- Background and Policy Basis 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Education Sector - an Overview Documents that have informed the ESP Philosophical and Policy basis of the ESP Outline Situation Analysis Other influences on the ESP Challenges facing the Education Sector (as at 2002) 5 6 7 8 11 12 Chapter 2 The Strategic Framework 2.1 Areas of Focus and Policy Goals 2.2 Areas of Focus 2.3 The Strategic Framework Chapter 3 13 13 16 19 Managing and Implementing the ESP 3.1 Sector Wide Approach 3.2 Co-ordination of Stakeholder Inputs 3.3 Implementation of ESP through Work Programming and Operational Planning Chapter 4 34 34 36 37 Monitoring Education Sector Performance 4.1 Indicators 4.2 ESP Review Chapter 5 40 40 41 Financial Framework for the ESP 5.1 Cost projections 5.2 Funding the ESP 42 42 43 Annexes 46 1 Education Strategic Plan, Volume 1 Abbreviations BECE BOG CBO CPM CRT DP EA EFA EM EMIS ERRC ESP ESPRR ESR ESTAC FBO FCUBE FPMU GER GES GETFund GoG GPRS HIV/AIDS HQ HT ICT IEC IGO INSET JSS KG M&E MNS MoE MoMDE...
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...conformity of the elements one to another in the teacher’s lesson plans which implemented the 2013 Curriculum (Revised Version 2016) and to reveal the consideration taken by the teacher in designing lesson plans that accommodate the demand of 2013 Curriculum (Revised Version...
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...goals. Management has four basic functions. They are: planning, organizing, leading and controlling (Office of Entrepreneurial Education, 2006). There are some differences of opinion as to whether this is the complete landscape regarding the functions of management. Carter McNamara, in discussing these functions, acknowledges that there are other schools of thought that expand on leading to include employee empowerment, visioning, and other issues (McNamara, 1997-2008). For purposes of this paper, the traditional functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling will be discussed in the context of how it relates to my organization – a plastic bottle manufacturer. Planning Planning, as a function of management, involves four separate categories. The first, Strategic Planning, involves long term planning and strategies for three to five years. The second, Operational Planning, involves the day-to-day planning necessary to achieve organizational goals. The third, Tactical Planning, is a plan involving the manner in which a plan is accomplished, where, when, what, and by whom it will be accomplished. The fourth is Budget Planning, which is a determination as to how the financial resources will be allocated and spent. At the plastic bottle manufacturing plant, the company has a Strategic Plan that lays out the framework for our overall vision, mission, and plans for the next few years. Everyone in the company has access to the plan, and our managers are well...
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...facilities, equipment, and procedures to operate within a common organizational structure. Now, when it comes to an Incident Action Plan, it is what “specifies the incident activities, assign responsibilities, identify needed resources, and...
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...class, is set out below and incorporates Schedule 2 of the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2013. PRINCIPALS The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a community through the strategic deployment of resources provided by the Department and the school community. A key component of this role is to increase the knowledge base of teachers within their school about student learning and quality teacher practice. At the same time, the principal, as executive officer of the school council, must ensure that adequate and appropriate advice is provided to the council on educational and other matters; that the decisions of the council are implemented; and that adequate support and resources are provided for the conduct of council meetings. Principals have a clear set of accountabilities, which distinguish their work from other employees in the Teaching Service and the education community and are set out in detail in the contract of employment. The principal is accountable for the overall leadership, management and development of the school within state-wide guidelines and Government policies. The core accountabilities of all principals are to: − Ensure the delivery of a comprehensive, high quality education program to all students. − Be executive officer of the school council. − Implement decisions of the school...
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...MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT DOCUMENT TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN DEPRIVED REGIONS YEAR 2008 The overall objective of this project is to support the Ministry of Education and Human Resources to fulfil its commitment to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals 1 and 2, with specific reference to EFA goals by 2015, and accelerate the educational reform through the implementation of the “National Strategic Plan for Education and Training 2008 – 2020”. The existing “Zones d’Education Prioritaires” programme has generated some interesting innovative practices in areas of remedial education, school feeding programme, enabling learning and teaching environment; it has also provided a trial for State/Private Sector partnerships in the sector of education. The actions identified to meet the above will be: • Upgrading the school feeding programme; strengthening best practices generated within the framework of the ZEP programme during period 2003 – 2007 and expanding to other primary schools with low performances; consolidating Key Performance Indicators (KPI) System for continuous assessment. Increasing the efficiency of the existing food programme for ZEP schools, by establishing national policy and strategy framework, operational guidelines as well as promoting experimental community mobilisation initiatives with the objective of improving children and community food habits and ameliorating nutritional...
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...Army Regulation 350–1 Training Army Training and Leader Development Rapid Action Revision (RAR) Issue Date: 4 August 2011 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 18 December 2009 UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 350–1 Army Training and Leader Development This rapid action revision, 4 September 2011-o Implements the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 by deleting all references to developing and conducting training concerning the Army’s Homosexual Conduct Policy (paras 2-21p and 2-22k.) o Rescinds paragraphs 2-6r, 2-46ac, and G-14e.) o Makes administrative changes (app A: marked obsolete forms and publications; corrected forms and publication titles; and corrected Web site addresses; glossary: deleted unused acronyms and corrected titles/abbreviations as prescribed by Army Records Management and Declassification Agency). *Army Regulation 350–1 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Effective 18 January 2010 Training Army Training and Leader Development History. This publication is a rapid action revision (RAR). This RAR is effective 20 September 2011. The portions affected by this RAR are listed in the summary of change. Summary. This regulation consolidates policy and guidance for Army training and leader development and supports a full-spectrum, force protection, expeditionary Army. Applicability. This regulation applies to the active Army, the Army National ...
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...ABSTRACT The research precis is based on Engineering Management of the organizational of which it includes organizational structure, operational management ethics management, leadership, teaming and management system thinking. As an engineering manager, leadership is one of the skill that you must possess so that you can be influential to your employees rather than dictating, as a manager you must be able to lead by example. Employees wants to led by manager than are influential rather than dictation approach. As a manager, you must develop an operational management strategy so that you can align your vision with that of an organisation. As a manager, you abide by ethics management so that you know what is right or wrong within the organization....
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...REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Strategic Plan 2007-2011 1 Mrs Naledi Pandor, MP Minister of Education Mr Enver Surty, MP Deputy Minister of Education 2 Mr Duncan Hindle Director - General: Education TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Statement by the Minister of Education 4 2. Legislative mandates 6 3. Vision, mission and values 9 4. Introduction by the Director-General 11 5. Five-year Broad Priorities 12 6. Five-year Branch Plans 15 7. Physical and Financial Asset Acquisition Plans including Information and Communications Technology 77 8. Administration Service Delivery Improvement Plans 83 9. Education Provision Service Delivery Improvement Plans 87 10. 2007/08 Operational Branch Plans 101 11. Statutory bodies 175 12. Structure of the Department 179 3 1. STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MRS NALEDI PANDOR, MP In my statement in the 2006 Strategic Plan, I indicated that Education received the largest share of the National Budget. This year Government has once again reaffirmed its commitment to the education system. Building on the transformation successes of the past but also recognizing the huge backlogs that exist in many parts for the system throughout the country, additional funds have been allocated to further address backlogs in the system. This investment is reflected in our plans to improve the quality of services that we offer to the nation...
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...period; Phase II – identification of resources in terms of manpower, money, machines and materials; Phase III – costing of resources, which is the most important activity in budgeting since the budget is fundamentally a financial statement; Phase IV – presentation of the budget in accordance with guidelines periodically issued by the proper authority, e.g., the Department of Budget and Management in the case of the Philippines; and Phase V – obtaining the approval of the appropriate authority, this involves piloting of the budget through a series of budget hearings. Here the budget is subjected to reviews and compromises and undergoes adjustments. In the context of educational planning, budgeting is the translation of an educational plan into the common denominator, viz., and money (in pesos in the case of the Philippines). Budgeting...
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...Question With respect to hypothetical Business Organisation, Develop strategic intent and implementation after critical analysis of the environment. Case Study: SS SECONDARY SCHOOL Strategy is a unified, comprehensive and integrated plan relating strategic advantages of the firm to challenges of the environment. The strategy designed to ensure that the basic objectives of the enterprise are achieved. Strategic business management refers to a set of managerial decision and actions that determine the long run performance of a business or corporation, which is basically a process of achieving organisational objectives, by establishing a framework to perform various processes and focusing on relating the organisation to its external environment, that there is continuous interaction between the organisation and its environment. There are various limitations to strategic business implementation which includes complex and dynamic environment, rigidity, inadequate appreciation of strategic business management, limitation in implementation and seldom corporate strategy. Strategic management process involves three stages which includes strategy formulations, strategy implementation and strategic control. Strategic intent which is part of strategic formulation involves establishing a vision, mission and long term broad objectives. It is a big hairy and audacious goal that set by the organisation to be achieved at a certain period, which stipulate the kind of environment an organisation...
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...THE 2015-2016 SHORT TERM STRATEGIC PLAN I. Introduction by the Founder/Chairman and CEO of GTQF Trust II. Executive summary 1.0. Situation analysis 2.0. Strategic plan with –Vision, Mission statement and Statement of Core Values 3.0. GTQF Internal (SWOT) and External (PESTELD) Environment analysis. 4.0. Organization Back Ground 5.0. Strategic Goals and Objectives 6.0. Task and Budget 7.0. Implementation and Control Appendices A. Current member list B. Operational Activities C. List of Accomplishments D. Planning Principals E. GTQF contact details I. INTRODUCTION BY THE GTQF Founder/Chairman and CEO The GTQF strategic plan, 2015-2016 which follows is the result of hard work and many meetings, drafts by the Strategic planning committee, the input and guidance of myself. The process began in 2015 when the Strategic planning Committee formed (Lorato Chalimba, Ndifanji Namacha , MaryAnn Talemba, Reuben Ndovie, Kingsley Mtila, and myself) began to assess our Foundation environment. This committee then issued a report to the Board of Trustees soon after meeting updating the Board on goals and objectives to be accomplished and recommendations for action items needing to be completed. Three Board of Trustees representatives; thus, myself, Blessings Nkhata and Zondwayo Mafuleka were invited to participate, the Executive Committee was proposed by the Chairman to the Board of Trustees and it was introduced by the CEO to the Strategic planning...
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...organization and the fleeting nature of your competitive advantage. REPRINT 10407 BY CESARE MAINARDI WITH ART KLEINER features strategy & competition 1 toWIN It’s 8 A.M. in the executive conference room of a TheRIGHT by Cesare Mainardi with Art Kleiner Business strategy is at an evolutionary crossroads. It’s time to resolve the longstanding tension between the inherent identity of your organization and the fleeting nature of your competitive advantage. 2 features strategy & competition large global packaged-foods manufacturer (a real company, its name withheld to preserve confidentiality). For the past two months, a team made up of 15 senior people has been exploring options for growth, winnowing them down to three basic strategies. Each is now summed up in a crisp 20-minute presentation. The first option focuses on innovation. The company would rapidly develop and launch many new types of snacks and foods, packaged in new and interesting ways, offering leading-edge nutrition and convenience. Under the second option, the company would get closer to its customers, producing the food people ask for. It could incorporate ideas gathered online into its offerings and provide busy working families with customizable, convenient, and well-balanced meals. The third option would involve transforming the dynamics of the relevant food sectors by competing more aggressively. The company would become a category leader by investing in new process technology, rightsizing...
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...Organizations is designed to help nonprofit and NGO leaders use strategic management frameworks to improve their organizations.” (Letts, 2012) Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc. teaches: “Strategic planning is a management tool that can help focus – and periodically refocus – an organization’s vision and priorities. This planning process establishes choices about how best to accomplish the organization’s mission.” (Smith, 2000) Carl Richardson simplifies the urgency of strategic planning by asserting “An organization that is growing and hopes to sustain that growth needs a set of strategies to guide its program development, build a solid financial foundation, and prepare for challenges that lie ahead. In other words, it needs a strategic plan.” (Richardson, 2012) With this exigency, we are focused to answer the following questions: What is strategic planning and how do we correctly apply this program framework to form a successful nonprofit organization? The task of...
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