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

Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth"After defining your communications issues in Exercise 9, define approaches to eliminate these issues inExercise 10. Table 5.1 presents suggested approaches for dealing with these seven communicationsissues.EXERCISE 9: DEFINE YOUR COMMUNICATIONSISSUESReview the list of seven communications issues presented inthe preceding text and consider any others that are notmentioned. Document your communications issues in yourMajor Issues and Approaches for Resolution document (seeAppendix A).EXERCISE 10: DEFINE YOUR RESPONSE TOCOMMUNICATIONS ISSUESFor each communications issue you have identified inExercise 9, develop a response using the examples presentedin Table 5.1 or, as an alternative, define your own responses.Write these issue responses in your Major Issues andApproaches for Resolution document (see Appendix A).Page 60TABLE 5.1 RESPONSE OPTIONS FORCOMMUNICATIONS ISSUESIssue 1. There are communications gaps between majorelements of our company—between line organizations,between staff organizations, and between the line and staff.• Hold regularly scheduled senior staff meetings.• Hold monthly review of annual objectives meeting (seeChapter 9) with senior staff.file:///C|/Documents and Settings/gasanova/Local Settin...Forward_MBA_in_Business_Planning_for_Growth/e-book.html (74 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23