Deck 5: Planning

Question 1

Development of hockey in tropical countries would be difficult mainly because of which of the following constraints?

A) Technological constraints
B) Economic constraints
C) Biological constraints
D) Climatic constraints
E) Political constraints

Answer 1

D

Question 2

All of the following are examples of organizational goals except:

A) Profitability
B) Social awareness
C) Market share
D) Leadership
E) Environmental awareness

Answer 2

E

Question 3

All of the following are criteria in the evaluation of alternatives except:

A) Cost
B) Measurement
C) Profitability
D) Implementation
E) Contribution

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the usefulness of a quality mission statement?

A) It provides for an understanding of the organization's profitability.
B) It lays the foundation for the marketing practices of an organization.
C) t specifies the fundamental reason why an organization exists.
D) It describes the organization's hierarchy.
E) None of the above

Question 5

All of the following are elements that should be included in a mission statement except:

A) Self-concept
B) Corporate relationships
C) Geographic domain
D) Target markets
E) Public image

Question 6

Tactical / operational planning is best described as which of the following?

A) Strategic and considerable
B) Action and conceptual
C) Long term and short term
D) Means and ends
E) Want and desires

Question 7

Which of the following is the most appropriate method for alternative generation?

A) Nominal group technique
B) Brainstorming
C) Delphi technique
D) Rolling forecast
E) Contingency perspective

Question 8

Why does strategic planning differ from other forms of planning?

A) It involves everyone in an organization.
B) It requires minimal allocation of resources.
C) It has significant long-term effects.
D) It focuses on an organization's internal environment.
E) It solves interpersonal problems.

Question 9

When an organization's owner allocates resources to a specific branch of the organization, this is an example of which of the following?

A) Decision making
B) Strategic planning
C) Budgeting
D) Specification of goals
E) Planned decision making

Question 10

When the owner of a professional sport franchise bids for a franchise in a new league in another sport in another city, this would fall under which of the following?

A) Planning and decision making
B) Strategic planning
C) Planning and budgeting
D) Specification of goals
E) Unplanned decision making

Question 11

When the commissioner of the National Football League announces the league's new television contract for the next ten years, this is an example of which of the following?

A) Organizational goals
B) Operative goals
C) Specification of goals
D) Rational planning
E) Stated goals

Question 12

Why are mission statements important?

A) They group similar businesses together.
B) They give important details.
C) They provide a foundation for priorities and strategies.
D) They give the history of the organization.
E) None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following steps is most likely to lead to innovative planning?

A) Identifying constraints
B) Generating alternatives
C) Establishing performance criteria
D) Selecting alternatives
E) Setting objectives

Question 14

Which of the following planning aspects deals with looking ahead?

A) Identifying constraints
B) Brainstorming
C) Establishing performance criteria
D) Forecasting
E) Specifying goals

Question 15

Which of the following steps is the least difficult (or critical) one in the planning process?

A) Identifying constraints
B) Generating alternatives
C) Establishing performance criteria
D) Selecting the best alternative
E) Setting objectives

Question 16

Goals are considered to do which of the following?

A) Be a source of motivation
B) Determine standards of evaluation
C) Provide direction for action
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 17

According to McCaskey (1974), planning with goals is more suitable when:

A) Members prefer well defined conditions
B) When there are no time limitations
C) When the environment is unstable
D) Planners want to widen the focus for the members
E) None of the above

Question 18

A university's goal to win the Rose Bowl is an example of which of the following?

A) An unrealistic goal
B) An official goal
C) An operative goal
D) A general goal
E) None of the above

Question 19

Because of advances in information technology, organizations need to learn to adapt to a changing environment. This statement describes which of the following new disciplines?

A) Organizational behavior
B) Knowledge management
C) Systems perspective
D) Total quality management
E) None of the above

Question 20

It is not practical for an organization to limit itself to financial and/or growth goals.

Question 21

The first step in the planning process is identifying goals.

Question 22

It is important to include things like profitability, market share, growth, and productivity in the specification of organizational goals.

Question 23

It would be unwise to generate planning alternatives and establish performance criteria to evaluate the alternatives independently.

Question 24

Strengths, opportunities, tactics, and weaknesses are all components of a SWOT analysis.

Question 25

Rationality in planning refers to choosing the best alternative to achieve a goal, and not to the goal itself.

Question 26

Strategic planning is also referred to as strategic management.

Question 27

Goals often act as a chain of means and ends.

Question 28

Mission statements provide a foundation for managerial jobs and structures.

Question 29

Official (stated) goals are the actual goals sought by an organization.

Question 30

Operational goals designate the ends, while stated goals are official announcements.

Question 31

Operative goals are generally used to justify the existence of the organization to its various stakeholders.

Question 32

The basic purpose of forecasting is to predict future demand, trends, changes, and magnitude of change in trends.

Question 33

Brainstorming is most closely associated with evaluating alternatives in the planning process.

Question 34

A person following the "economic person" model of decision making would develop a preference for one alternative early in the search for alternatives.

Question 35

A person following the "implicit favorite" model of decision making would develop a preference for one alternative early in the search for alternatives.

Question 36

A person following the "administrative person" model of decision making would choose the first alternative that satisfies the minimal criteria.

Question 37

A person following the "administrative person" model of decision making would evaluate all possible alternatives.

Question 38

Knowledge management as a managerial function is neither planned or structured.

Question 39

The NCAA expectation regarding gender equity could be an ___________________ for some university athletic departments, whereas it could be a ___________________ for some universities thinking of adding more men's sports.

Question 40

The acronym SWOT stands for __________ , __________, __________, and __________.

Question 41

After specifying the goals in the planning process, two sets of activities must be carried out independently: (a) ___________________ and (b) ___________________.

Question 42

Three of several performance criteria to evaluate planning alternatives are (a) __________, (b) __________, and (c) __________.

Question 43

_____________________ is often the very first, and most important, step in the planning process.

Question 44

_____________________ is said to include "those activities that involve defining the organization's mission, setting its objectives, and developing strategies to enable it to operate successfully in its environment."

Question 45

Strategic planning differs from other forms of planning because it (a) __________, (b) __________, and (c) __________.

Question 46

A _____________________ (a) sets a business apart; (b) reveals an organization's product or service, markets, customers, and philosophy; (c) provides the foundation for priorities, strategies, plans, and work assignments, including managerial jobs and structures; and (d) specifies the fundamental reason why an organization exists.

Question 47

According to Pearce and David (1987), a mission statement should include eight specific elements. Three of these elements include (a) __________, (b) __________, and (c) __________.

Question 48

The final step in the planning process is ____________________. This should specify (a) ____________, (b) ______________, (c) _______________.

Question 49

In general, the implementation of the strategic plan must be achieved by several units of the organization, which develop their own _____________________ plans.

Question 50

A plan that is used in the event management of professional sport competitions over a few seasons would be called a _____________________ plan.

Question 51

The phenomenon of every set of goals acting as a means to achieve those goals at a higher level is referred to as a chain of ________________________.

Question 52

A plan drawn up for a one-time project (and not likely to be repeated in the near future) is called a ________________________ plan.

Question 53

A ________________________ is a numerical plan for allocating resources to specific activities.

Question 54

When funds are allocated to various specific activities, this is referred to as a ________________________.

Question 55

When decision makers distribute funds as a fixed percentage of an increase (or decrease) to various activities, programs, and/or departments based on precedent, they are involved in ____________________.

Question 56

Haggerty and Paton (1984) distinguished between two forms of budgeting: ______________________ and ___________________________.

Question 57

PPBS, a rational-comprehensive budgeting technique, stands for ___________________________________.

Question 58

___________________________ are the general purpose of the organization as put forth in the charter, annual reports, public statements by key executives, and other authoritative pronouncements.

Question 59

A notable feature of ____________________ goals is that they are all likely to be subsumed by the official goal(s).

Question 60

Trail and Chelladurai (2000) divide the goals of intercollegiate athletics into (a) __________goals and (b) __________ goals.

Question 61

The ____________________ goals can be inferred only through a scrutiny of the decisions made in key areas like budgeting and personnel.

Question 62

Possible conflicts among the goals of an organization make those goals ____________________ on each other.

Question 63

McCaskey (1974) suggested that organizations that cannot spell out specific goals should engage in ____________________ planning to set the domain for their activities.

Question 64

The process of ______________ attempts to produce a picture of the enterprise's plans and activities likely to be implemented.

Question 65

The purpose of forecasting is to predict future ___________, ___________, _________ and ____________.

Question 66

Two techniques used by experts in the formulation of forecasts are _______________ and __________________.

Question 67

The __________________technique involves a meeting of experts, whereas in the __________________ technique experts do not meet and remain anonymous.

Question 68

The process of __________________ attempts to produce a picture of the kind of future environment in which enterprise plans and activities are likely to be implemented.

Question 69

One technique that has been successfully used in encouraging and marshaling the creativity and ingenuity of members in generating alternatives is __________________.

Question 70

__________ is a planned and structured managerial function to identify, create, and share the knowledge to further the organization's capacity to compete effectively with other organizations.