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

Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth"EXERCISE 5: DEFINE YOUR MANAGEMENT ANDOPERATIONS ISSUESReview the list of seven management and operations issuespresented in the preceding text and consider any others thatare not mentioned. Document your management andoperations issues in your Major Issues and Approaches forResolution document (see Appendix A).Page 52EXERCISE 6: DEFINE YOUR RESPONSE TOMANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS ISSUESFor each management and operations issue you haveidentified in Exercise 5, develop a response using theexamples presented in Table 4.3 or, as an alternative, defineyour own responses. Write these issue responses in yourMajor Issues and Approaches for Resolution document (seeAppendix A).TABLE 4.3 RESPONSE OPTIONS FORMANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS ISSUESIssue 1. Our managers don't understand their roles,responsibilities, and authorities to carry out their jobs; there'sno clear statement of goals and objectives, and we lackposition descriptions.• Prepare management position descriptions describing roles,responsibilities, and authorities—include objectives defined inyour business plan.• Create a companywide authority matrix clearly definingauthorities of all levels of management.file:///C|/Documents and Settings/gasanova/Local Settin...Forward_MBA_in_Business_Planning_for_Growth/e-book.html (66 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23