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Objectives of enterprise are to be translated into departmental objectives, and depart-
mental objectives are to be converted into individual goals. Then only
overall objectives for which
the organisation is established can be achieved. Enterprise objectives give direction to major
plans, in turn they are used to setup objectives for lower levels. Objectives appear in different
forms, they are mission, overall objectives, divisional objectives, departmental objectives and indi-
vidual objectives etc.
iii) Planning Premises :
Once the objectives are determined the next step
is establishing the
planning premises. planning premises refer to the environmental conditions or surrounding cir-
cumstances in which plans work. Plans will operate in future, hence it is appropriate to expect
future conditions and should plan accordingly.
iv) Identifying the Alternatives :
In order to achieve the objectives under expected conditions
managers first must identify various alternative courses of action. For instance, to achieve the
objectives of securing desired profits, necessary plant and machinery should be established in the
organisation. The machinery can be of different types like -
manual plant
semi automatic plant,
complete automatic plant.
These are known as alternatives. While developing the alternatives, organisational frame
work like constraint of capital, manpower and philosophies may be taken into account.
v) Evaluating the Alternatives :
After identifying the alternatives, the following stage is to evalu-
ate their advantages and disadvantages. Their evaluation should be done in
the light of the enter-
prise objectives.
vi) Selecting a Course of Action :
Choice of a particular alternative
is the next step after
evolution. Evaluation explains the merits and demerits. Selection is the real point of decision mak-
ing. At any time, it is confirmed that selection of two or more alternatives is better than choosing
only one alternative. Hence managers should plan in such a manner to select right combination.
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