The Top Management of XSports Autos Inc

The top management of XSports Autos Inc.creates a strategic plan to enter new product markets within a period of five years.The company's middle management creates half-yearly plans to ensure that the objectives of the strategic plan are properly implemented.Along with these plans,each department creates short-term plans that specify the actions to be taken by specific employees and teams to meet the objectives of the strategic plan and the half-yearly plans.These short-term plans established at the departmental level are referred to as _____.

A) operational plans
B) contingency plans
C) static plans
D) tactical plans
E) executive-level plans