Question

Planning is a process designed to achieve goals in dynamic, competitive environments. As a new manager, what is the first step you will undertake to develop a strategic plan of action for a congestive heart failure program?
a. Search the environment to determine changes that may affect the organization.
b. Appraise the organization's strengths and weaknesses.
c. Identify the major opportunities for and threats to the organization.
d. Identify and evaluate the various strategies available to the organization.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Search the environment to determine changes that may affect the organization.

Explanation:

• The planning involves the process of designing and achieving the goals that are dynamic and competitive in their environmental settings.

• The goal of the new manager is to ensure the strategic development of the plan of actions and this involves the search for the environmental circumstances and thereby to determine the changes that take place in the organization.