Management Theory: Chapter 9

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Management Theory Chapter 9

• Planning Tools and Techniques

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Learning Objectives

• Become familiar with 6 different sets of tools to
  aid in effective planning
• Techniques for assessing the environment
• Tools for allocating resources
• Tools for production planning
• Tools for project planning
• Techniques for scenario/contingency planning
• Creativity aids

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Tools for Assessing the Environment

• Environmental scanning
• Forecasting
• Simulation techniques
• Delphi Technique
• Benchmarking

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Tools for Allocating Resources

• Budgeting - a numerical plan for allocating
  resources to specific activities

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Tools for Production Planning

• Scheduling Tools
• Gantt charts
• Load charts
• Linear programming

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Project Planning Tools

• Flow Chart
• PERT Network
• Process Decision Program Chart
• Tree Diagram

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Scenario Planning

• Scenarios are descriptions or stories of
  possible futures
• Enhances managerial thinking
• move from advocacy to exploration
• Anticipation of change brings faster reaction to
  uncontrollable events

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Creativity Aids

• Osborn Model
• Anatomy of a Creative Moment
• Four Tools for Creativity

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Creativity Aids

• Osborn Model
• Fact-finding
• Idea-finding
• Solution-finding

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Brainstorming Rules

• Never criticize ideas
• defer judgment
• Display all ideas
• so team members can see and build on them
• record each idea as expressed, without
  interpretation
• Seek quantity of ideas
• they breed quality
• Set a time limit
• 30 minutes or less

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Creativity Aids

• Anatomy of a Creative Moment
• Preparation
• Incubation
• Illumination
• Translation

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Four Tools for Creativity

• 1. Belief in your own creativity
• 2. Absence of judgment
• 3. Precise observation
• 4. Penetrating questions

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Planning Tools and Techniques Summary

• Techniques for assessing the environment
• Tool for allocating resources - budgeting
• Tools for production planning - scheduling
• Project planning tools
• Scenario/contingency planning
• Creativity aids

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Whats Next?

• Wednesday
• Paper 1 Due
• Planning review for Exam 2 on Friday