【正文】 small liberal arts college and your president has asked you to develop a plan for the college. He wants a plan covering the next five years and he wants it to be as specific as possible yet not overly constrain flexibility. The president states that he wants the plan to be accurate so as not to waste time and so you will be well positioned for the future.106. Which of the following is not associated with developing your organizational plan? a. defining the organization39。 what is to be done (moderate) e. concern about means。s policy concerning skateboarding on downtown sidewalks providing guidance for police action would be considered what type of plan? a. standing (difficult) b. contingency c. directional d. singleuse e. strategic82. According to the text, ______________plans include policies, rules, and procedures. a. singleuse b. standing (moderate) c. strategic d. specific e. informal83. A corporation39。 formal65. The three identified differences between strategic and operational plans are ______________. a. time frame, cost, and organizational age. b. cost, organizational age, and number of planners. c. scope, time frame, and inclusion of a known set of organizational objectives. (difficult) d. inclusion of a known set of organizational objectives, cost, and number of planners. e. organizational age, cost, and scope.66. Which of the following types of plans tend to cover short periods such as monthly, weekly, and daytoday? a. operational (easy) b. longterm c. strategic d. specific e. directional67. An organizational plan that has a 6year time frame would be considered what type of plan? a. operational b. shortterm c. strategic d. intermediate e. longterm (moderate)68. Strategic plans tend to include a time period of usually ______________. a. 1 year. b. 13 years. c. 3 years or more. (moderate) d. 5 years or more. e. at least 10 years.69. What type of plan covers less than one year? a. operational b. directional c. shortterm (easy) d. longterm e. strategic70. According to the text, ______________ are plans that are clearly defined and which leave no room for interpretation. a. strategic b. singleuse c. shortterm d. specific (moderate) e. standing71. Compared to directional plans, what type of plan has clearly defined objectives? a. strategic b. singleuse c. shortterm d. specific (moderate) e. standing72. A state legislative plan that calls for a % increase in tobacco sales tax for the next 2 years would be considered what type of plan? a. Strategic b. Operational c. Specific (moderate) d. Directional e. Standing73. Directional plans do which of the following? a. have clearly defined objectives b. identify general guidelines (moderate) c. meet the needs of a unique situation d. last for 35 years e. provide guidance for activities repeatedly performed in the organization74. According to the text, ______________ provide focus but do not lock managers into specific goals or courses of action. a. strategic b. singleuse c. directional (moderate) d. specific e. standing75. The greater the environmental uncertainty, the more plans need to be ______________ and emphasis placed on the __________. a. strategic。 extent40. Which of the following is a factor that constrains high performance in planning organizations? a. quality b. extent c. implementation d. environment (moderate) e. informality41. Environmental issues, such as government regulations and labor unions, tend to have what kind of effect on the value of planning on organizational performance? a. They tend to increase organizational value because they serve as screens for bad plans. b. There is no real effect. c. They have a positive effect on large organizations and a negative effect on small organizations. d. They decrease the organizational value by constraining management39。 redundancy (difficult) d. time。s real goals are what they actually plan on acplishing, rather than what they hope to acplish. False (moderate)23. If you want to know what an organization39。s objectives or goals, establishing strategy, and developing a hierarchy of plans. a. Managing b. Informal planning c. Leading d. MBO e. Planning (easy)34. Which of the following is not a part of the definition of organizational planning? a. defining the organization39。s effect on managers is that it forces them to do which of the following? a. react to change b. consider the impact of change (moderate) c. respond indiscriminately d. plan on overlapping different activities e. develop bureaucratic response models38. What does the evidence suggest about organizations that plan pared to organizations that do not plan? a. Planning organizations always outperform nonplanning organizations. b. Nonplanning organizations always outperform planning organizations. c. Planning organizations generally outperform nonplanning organizations (easy) d. Nonplanning organizations generally outperform planning organizations. e. They generally perform at about the same level.39. The ______________ of the planning process contributes more to high performance than does the ______________ of planning. a. quality。s overall objectives, and seek to position the organization in terms of its environment are called ______________ plans. a. operational b. longterm c. strategic (easy) d. specific e. directional63. Plans that specify the details of how the overall objectives are to be achieved are called ______________ plans. a. specific b. directional c. longterm d. operational (easy) e. strategic64. ______________ plans include the formulation of objectives, whereas ______________ plans assume the existence of objectives. a. Singleuse。 longterm d. directional。 attentions on today