BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plans that usually span one year or less, are developed by middle managers, and are concerned with what the major subsystems within each organization must do are ____
A
strategic plans
B
tactical plans
C
operational plans
D
contingency plans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Operational plans are short-term (less than a year) plans developed to create specific action steps that support the strategic and tactical plans. They are usually developed by the manager to fulfill his or her job responsibilities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tactical plans are concerned with shorter time frames and narrower scopes than are strategic plans. These plans usually span one year or less because they are considered short‐term goals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Operational planning is a process that helps organizations to set goals and objectives. It also helps them by making sure that they have a strategy in place for the future. Operational plans are essential for completing tactical plans.

Detailed explanation-4: -middle and top. Tactical planning means the method that breaks downs the strategic plan of business into small and short term plans in order to achieve the results. Tactical planning is used both in the top and middle-level management to attain their goal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tactical planning is intermediate-range (one to three years) planning that is designed to develop relatively concrete and specific means to implement the strategic plan. Middle-level managers often engage in tactical planning.

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