Operational Plan Report: University Team Operational Planning Analysis

This report outlines an operational plan for a team, emphasizing the importance of strategic objectives and goals. It details the team's structure, roles, and responsibilities, including market analysis, resource allocation (goods, services, and suppliers), and human resource considerations. The report also covers key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategic directions and critical success factors, such as communication and team results. Furthermore, it addresses risk management through SWOT analysis, identifying and assessing market, financial, and team member risks, and prioritizing them accordingly. References to relevant literature support the analysis, providing a comprehensive overview of operational planning principles and practices.

Operational
Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University

Team Operational Plan
A proper operational plan is extremely
important for planning the strategic
objectives and goals in the team. This is
usually on the basis of an annual
operating budget request (Vego 2017).
This type of planning could establish
the budgets and activities for the team
and could link strategic plan.

Description of the Operational Plan
 The operational plan ensures that the
team could deliver and several
resources that are needed for
delivering them (Al Shobaki, Amuna
and Naser 2017).
 It draws directly from the team as well
as program strategic plans for
describing in the program activities.
 Clear objectives and quality standards
are maintained with operational plan.

Research Team
The team consists of 5 members and all
of them have significant roles and
responsibilities to contribute within the
operations as well as objectives.
One member surveys the market and
identifies gaps and opportunities in the
team. There are five steps for
contribution to the future strategic
directions.

Goods and Services Required for
Responsibility
The goods and services, which are
needed to fulfil the respective role
and responsibility. These goods and
services are required for their unique
uses as well as values (Vego 2017).
Cost of the products are needed and
this team requires perfect planning of
the project.

Goods and Services with
Suppliers
The goods and services with
identification of suppliers are as
follows:
1. Internet
connection
Supplied by IT department
2. Salary Supplied by the HR department
3. Computers and
upgraded systems
Supplied by office equipment retailer and IT
department
4. Food Supplied by caterers

Human Resources for the Plan
 Human resources are responsible for
providing various and effective
management to the team within the
organization.
 The human resources of this company
are undergoing major and huge
transformations.
 Team building skills and five core
elements of leadership, relationships,
procedures and policies, roles and
goals are also present.

Physical Resources
Required
The physical resources that are
required for the team to fulfil the
operational plan are:
 Equipment like computers and
systems.
 Tools
 Furniture like tables and chairs.

Key Performance
Indicators for Operational
PlanFive steps for contributing to the future
strategic directions and gaining key
performance indicators within the team.
These are:
 Creation of Formalized Strategic Plan.
 Gathering of Relevant Information
(Parmenter 2015).
 Proper decision taking.
 Drafting of project plan.
 Implementation of plan.

Critical Success Factors
The three CSFs are as follows:
 Better Communication amongst team
members.
 Focusing on the team results and
objectives (Fagan 2014).
 Better motivation amongst the team
members.

KPIs for three CSFs
The KPIs for the three CSFs are as follows:
 Better Communication amongst team
members: engagement rates and better
adoption rates (Parmenter 2015).
 Focusing on the team results and
objectives: better response to team
objectives and completion of team work.
 Better motivation amongst the team
members: improved decision making
process, business strategy execution.

Risk Management Action Plan
A proper risk management action plan is
required for the team.
SWOT analysis is extremely important for
perfect identification of strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats.