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.
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An overview of planning, from strategic plans to operational plans and how the different types of organisational plans relate to each other.
Tags: planning | information gathering | decision making
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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.
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Assumption Based Planning (ABP) is a planning and decision-making tool developed by James A Dewar of the Rand Corporation.
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This document provides a brief outline of action planning, and contains a handy template which you can use to create your own action plans.
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How do organisations know that everyone is working towards the same overall goals? And how do you make sure that everybody’s contribution counts? We outline the importance of ensuring there is a clear line of sight between individual performance objectives and the organisation’s strategic plan.
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This article puts the discipline of strategic planning in its historical context and outlines the key considerations for creating a meaningful strategic plan today.
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Here we examine what makes an effective operational plan, and how to test it.
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Here we look at the essential ingredients required to produce an effective business plan.
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Top tips for getting the most out of strategic planning meetings.
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This methodology serves as a handy checklist to ensure your plan has everything it needs.
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If you have been asked to plan a social function or team building event these tips will ensure you cover all the important elements.
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Planning for an event or important communication can be stressful if you're not organised. Being organised will allow you to pre-empt all situations and so this article offers a checklist to run through, and a handy excel spreadsheet to keep all your information in one place.
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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.
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Some useful references and web links which you will find helpful in extending your understanding of Planning.
Tags: planning | scenario planning | future management
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