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Management Planning and Ethics Paper
Planning, as mentioned in the text, is concerned with the future impact of today decisions.
Usually, the need for planning is apparent after decisions have been made in The company
I work for. I always find that it easy to postpone planning and because of it, constant
short-run solutions are put into place.
In our organization, planning is usually what takes the most time, which we are not given
much of when it comes to projects. Even when we get to plan, we dont get to plan as much
as wed like, usually. On the same token, I believe that there should be a cutoff point for
planning as it can definitely suck up all of the time needed to execute a project.
I as a manager attempt to plan things as well as I can with my staff, but find that my
requested timeline in accordance to the timeline given by my upper management, and to
the timeline promised to the executives, find it very difficult at times. It is mentioned in the
text that organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling functions in management stem from
the planning function. This would explain another tribulation we have at work.
We find that we are sometimes disorganized and understaffed. For the most part I maintain
the leading and controlling function with what resources I have. This is really never
accomplished up to par because of what is lacking in the other areas. Goals and plans to
reach them has been the main project on my plate, because of how difficult it is. For the
most part, Ive used my own management instinct to lead the group, and have been
successful, to certain degree.
But my influence on the group is quite limited as I struggle to plan for goals and methods
of achieving them. My measurement of the completion of our goals has hap hazardously
been reported on Monday mornings as second priority to certain tasks that need to be
completed before I could even call my group successful. Sometimes this act is confusing
and doesnt appear to serve a purpose to me, immediately. Although, I know that it does in
the long run.
I have grown to understand how important planning is at all levels of management. Ive
also noticed that its characteristics vary with every level of management. Sometimes it
appears as though the higher level of management isnt really putting the planning function
