Title: Week 4
Course: Principles of Management

Organization planning

Aim of the topic: To define planning, examine the benefits of planning and discuss the tools of planning.

Intended learning outcomes: By the end of the topic, you will be able to;

1. Define planning and explain the benefits of planning to an individual and organization.
2. Evaluate the planning process.
3. Describe the planning tools and techniques used by managers in modern organization.

Over to you:  Before you come to class this week there are some fundamental concepts that you will explore in the pre-topic activity i.e. Resource 4.  In class, we are going to ensure that you have a clear grasp of the concepts before you start to derive your own definitions of these ideas.  There will also be some reading for you to do. You will read the pre-topic activity on Introduction to planning and read Section 1.3 of the book Management Principles by Mason, C., Talya, B., & Berrin, E. (2012).  You will read the article in the link; http://saylordotorg.github.io/text_principles-of-management-v1.1/s05-04-planning-organizing-leading-an.html  Read the article on Types of plans available at  https://opentextbc.ca/principlesofmanagementopenstax/chapter/types-of-plans/. Watch the video on organization planning at; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsiAkSOgz_c.

E-tivities: The e-tivities below will enable you realize the intended learning outcomes for this topic.

E-tivity 4.1: The purpose of this e-tivity is to help you define planning and describe its benefits to an organization.

Task:

- Read the pre-topic activity i.e. Resource 4.
- Read section 1.3 of the book Management Principles by Mason, Talya & Berrin (2012). Watch the video on organization planning at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsiAkSOgz_c.
- Define planning and explain the importance of planning in an organization.
- Submit as Assignment 1 week 4.

E-tivity 4.2: This e-tivity is a buildup to e-tivity 4.1 above and it will help you understand the planning process.

Task:

- Read the webpage in this link: http://saylordotorg.github.io/text_principles-of-management-v1.1/s05-04-planning-organizing-leading-an.html
- Evaluate the essential steps in the planning process.
- Submit your work as Assignment 2 week 4.

E-tivity 4.3: The purpose of this e-tivity is to introduce you to the different plans in an organization.

Task:

- Read the webpage on Types of plans available at; https://opentextbc.ca/principlesofmanagementopenstax/chapter/types-of-plans/
- In your Groups, describe the different types of plans used in an organization then submit your Group assignment during the next face-to-face class or under Group Assignment 1 week 4.

Anticipated time requirement for E-tivities: 5 hrs