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Almost all organisations need to make plans at some point; statements about what managers and employees in an organisation intend or expect to happen over a future period of time. This topic deals with the planning process and includes practical tools to help you plan effectively.

 

Top Tips for Effective Planning

 

If you're already quite confident about making plans, these simple and to the point top tips will act as a helpful guide or reminder. You can use them to help you devise a new plan, or run through them after you've completed a new plan to check you've captured everything.

 

The Planning Process

 

This document will take you through the process of planning from start to finish. It offers practical advice along the way, and provides a template for you to complete.

 

Creating Your Plan

 

This exercise is designed to help you think through all of the factors required to ensure that your plan is robust.

 

Assumption Based Planning

 

Assumption Based Planning (ABP) is a planning and decision-making tool developed by James A Dewar of the Rand Corporation.

 

Effectiveness and Efficiency

 

Operating in efficient and effective ways is crucial to good performance and for the successful attainment of your goals and objectives. This article outlines the difference between efficiency and effectiveness, and explains why it is important that you strike a balance between the two.

 

Create a Plan of Action

 

This exercise is designed to help you to draw up an action plan. It will allow you to assess your goals, work out whether or not they are realistic, and how they may be achieved. Allow one hour for completion.

 

Action Planning

 

This document provides a brief outline of action planning, and contains a handy template which you can use to create your own action plans.

 

Formulating a Strategy

 

This article introduces three approaches you can use, seven steps you can take, and some top tips when formulating and implementing a strategy.

 

Event Planning Tool

 

This handy Microsoft Excel template provides space to store all the information required to successfully plan an event. There are slots for contibutors, speakers, budget, venue information and others. There is also an evaluation area for after the event.

 

Top Tips for Planning a Social Event

 

If you have been asked to plan a social function or team building event these tips will ensure you cover all the important elements.