Concept explainers
A
To determine:
The use of scheduling, budgeting and forecasting for retail store manager.
Introduction:
Forecasting involves predicting the future on the basis of present as well as past data and through trend analysis. Budgeting on the other hand is the process wherein the future course of action is planned by laying down the goals of performance and putting them together to form a formal plan. It is the process wherein company’s financial goals are established, and plans are formulated for attaining such goals. Scheduling refers to the procedure for an anticipated objective and involves allocation of time and sequence to each operation or task necessary for attaining the proposed objective.
B
To determine:
The use of scheduling, budgeting and forecasting for regional marketing manager.
Introduction:
Forecasting involves predicting the future on the basis of present as well as past data and through trend analysis. Budgeting on the other hand is the process wherein the future course of action is planned by laying down the goals of performance and putting them together to form a formal plan. It is the process wherein company’s financial goals are established, and plans are formulated for attaining such goals. Scheduling refers to the procedure for an anticipated objective and involves allocation of time and sequence to each operation or task necessary for attaining the proposed objective.
C
To determine:
The use of scheduling, budgeting and forecasting for Global development manager.
Introduction:
Forecasting involves predicting the future on the basis of present as well as past data and through trend analysis. Budgeting on the other hand is the process wherein the future course of action is planned by laying down the goals of performance and putting them together to form a formal plan. It is the process wherein company’s financial goals are established, and plans are formulated for attaining such goals. Scheduling refers to the procedure for an anticipated objective and involves allocation of time and sequence to each operation or task necessary for attaining the proposed objective.
D
To determine:
The use of scheduling, budgeting and forecasting for CEO.
Introduction:
Forecasting involves predicting the future on the basis of present as well as past data and through trend analysis. Budgeting on the other hand is the process wherein the future course of action is planned by laying down the goals of performance and putting them together to form a formal plan. It is the process wherein company’s financial goals are established, and plans are formulated for attaining such goals. Scheduling refers to the procedure for an anticipated objective and involves allocation of time and sequence to each operation or task necessary for attaining the proposed objective.
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- Assuring results is an attainable habit of a strategic leader only if a strategic leader is intentional in developing high performing organisations. Strategic leaders must be intentional in this because they can shape the organisational culture, or the culture may ‘manage’ the leader. One way to do this is to ______________ Question 17Answer a. Develop a Strategic Leadership plan b. Develop a Strategic Implementation Plan c. Implore levers of change d. Develop a Vision Statementarrow_forwardThis stage of the strategic management process, provides a control loop in determining the successful implementation of corporate, competitive, functional and global strategies. It seeks to ascertain the nature of the change betweenplanned strategies and its resultant emergent strategies Question 16Answer a. Strategic Advantage b. Strategic Formulation c. Strategic Implementation d. Strategy Evaluationarrow_forwardHigher product quality than rivals, Superior on-time delivery, A bigger market share, are all examples of: Question 11Answer a. Financial objectives b. Competitive Advantage objectives c. Components of Mission Statement d. Strategic objectivesarrow_forward
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