Week 6-7

Chapter 7: Planning

Lecture 12: What is Planning? Why do Managers plan? Planning and Performance, How do Managers Plan? Types of Goals

Lecture 13: Types of Plans, Establishing goals and developing plans (Traditional Objective Setting vs. Management by Objectives)

Lecture 14: Does MBO Work? Characteristics of well-designed goals, Steps in goal setting, Developing plans, Approaches to planning