Amrit Lala, MD of Awasthi Ltd, retired after 33 years of service. The responsibility was given to Amit. Amit realized that there was lot of rivalry, confusion and misunderstanding among departmental heads. He detected inefficiencies, took corrective action and developed a master plan for the organisation to follow. This served as basis for coordinating the activities of all the departments, led to clarity of thought and action and the work got a smooth start.
Identify the importance of planning highlighted in the above paragraph.
Amrit Lala, MD of Awasthi Ltd, retired after 33 years of service. The responsibility was given to Amit. Amit realized that there was lot of rivalry, confusion and misunderstanding among departmental heads. He detected inefficiencies, took corrective action and developed a master plan for the organisation to follow. This served as basis for coordinating the activities of all the departments, led to clarity of thought and action and the work got a smooth start.
Identify the importance of planning highlighted in the above paragraph.
Solution
The case mentions rivalry, confusion and misunderstanding among departments that were removed by a master plan serving as a basis for coordinating activities. Eliminating confusion and coordinating activities across departments reflects Planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.
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