Organizational Planning and Tools

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Organizational Planning and Tools
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ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING 2
Explain how managers can contribute to an organization’s strategic and operational planning
Managers contribute to the strategic and operational planning through engagement,
communication, innovation, consultation, and collaboration. A successful strategic and
operational plan entails proper decision making in terms of goals, finances, workforces,
technology, and the duration (Stanleigh, 2015). To achieve the strategic and operational
objectives of an organization, managers engage employees across all levels to gather their ideas,
concerns, opinions, and suggestions and consider them in decision making.
In addition, managers communicate the progress of an organization towards achieving its
strategic and operational plans to the stakeholders of the firm. Also, managers contribute to
organizations’ strategic planning through provision of the right resources to the employees to
encourage innovation (Stanleigh, 2015). Last is active collaboration and consultation with
other departmental heads before implementing any strategy to ensure feasibility.
Describe what an organizational chart is and provide a written example of how an
organizational chart could be used within an organization. Explain how organizational charts
can benefit managers.
An organization chart refers to a diagrammatic representation that shows hierarchy and
structure of leadership in an organization (John, 2018). An org chart shows people the intended
structure of an organization. For example, an org chart of a banking organization; lead by the
chief executive officer, followed by a branch manager who reports to the CEO, followed by
operations manager, followed by HR, Finance, and IT managers, followed by team leaders, and
least the subordinates staff.