Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for ...

Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth"11. All members of themanagement staff haveposition descriptions andobjectives defined for nextfiscal year (H. Caring).15. G. Moore: Develop draftmanagement staff positiondescriptions for CEO review by5/15/00.cussed earlier, the action plan for a given planning year is never completed; new action items willalways surface as you work toward achieving the objective.Page 128As another example, for Objective 8, expanded office space, Action Item 12 is to make contact with arealtor. When this is completed, a following action item might be to view some properties or gatherinformation on potential properties for consideration. Again, the next action item to achieve a particularobjective is shown, in contrast to describing all necessary action items at one time.Action items clearly describe the most basic activities that must be accomplished in order to achieve theall-important annual objectives.Action Items Stemming from IssuesThe action plan is where you will address each issue you identified in Chapters 4 and 5 (Exercise 40).Refer to your Major Issues and Approaches for Resolution document. Review each issue and relatedissue-resolution approach. You will describe the near-term actions (next 30 to 45 days) you will put inplace to begin to address each issue you have identified.Table 8.11 provides examples of five previously stated issues and issue-response options. Exampleaction items are also shown, which areEXERCISE 40: DEVELOP YOUR ACTION PLANfile:///C|/Documents and Settings/gasanova/Local Setti...orward_MBA_in_Business_Planning_for_Growth/e-book.html (144 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23