This document discusses the importance of planning for supervisors. It states that planning is an essential part of management work and involves studying all factors in a business situation to arrange them to achieve desired results. Good planners have traits like ordering abilities, conceptual foresight, originality, and judgment. The document provides examples of what should be planned, such as objectives, controls, resources, safety, and timing of improvements. It also includes a brief "restroom quiz" that purports to assess personality traits based on stall selection in a women's restroom.
2. Planning is an essential
part of all management
work.
The supervisor must
look ahead and
anticipate the manner
in which he will use all
the
resources, facilities, pe
ople, and talents under
his direction.
5. What is Planning?
Planning has to do with
studying all the
factors in a business
situation and
arranging them so
that desired results
can be achieved.
6. A top executive
once said, “The
more complete the
plan the more likely
its realization.”
8. Procedure should follow planning.
The procedure shows how the
plan will be implemented in terms of
how, what, where, when, and who.
Spells out the
length, breadth, and depth of a
program or project.
13. 4. Conceptual foresight
-some people tend to see
things, events, and situations
in detail; others see over all
needs, consequences, essence
s, and values
14. 5. Originality
-if often takes
originality or creativity
to use established
knowledge or
knowledge or
experience to create
new patters of thought
or action.
15. 6. Fluency of Ideas
-the planner must
possess and develop
a large fund of
ideas. Everything in
life begins with an
idea.
18. 1. Objectives
-it is difficult to hit a
target unless you can see
it or know where it is
located.
2. Controls
-controls have to do with
the use of measurement
which tell us how we are
doing in relation to our
objectives.
19. 3. Delegations
- We cannot place
responsibilities on the
shoulders of subordinates
without considering their
capacities, the degree of
supervision required, and
the controls which will tell
us how well delegations
are being discharged.
20. 4. Communications
-In order to
coordinate the
activities of a group
it is necessary that
proper
verbal, written, and
visual
communications be
planned.
21. 5. Resources
-every organization is
a veritable goldmine
of resources. Too
often the supervisor
overlooks or doesn’t
use the resources
which are available to
him.
22. 6. Methods and
Procedures
-there is no one best
way of doing anything.
There may be methods
that are best for a given
time but simple changes
in job specifications may
require changes in
method.
24. 8. Equipment
-every worker must be
provided with the tools
required by his job.
Such tools include
machines as well as
the miscellaneous
collection of gadgets
which workers need.
25. 9. Supplies and
Materials
-in the most efficient
shops much planning is
done to assure the
proper flow of supplies
and materials. Planning
the flow usage of
supplies and materials is
essential to good
management.
26. 10. Utilization of
time
- a supervisor finds
that time is a limiting
factor. There is
never enough of it.
Time is of the
essence in
management work.
28. 12. Money
-there is never
enough of it. Available
funds or allocations
must be used so that
maximum return is
received.
29. 13. Work
-there comes a time
when all of the
planning that is done
must be translated
into terms of work to
be performed.
30. 14. Timing of
improvements
-business is subject to
constant changes, and
the installation of new
methods, equipment, pro
grams, and the like
requires planning to
assure minimum upset
when changes are made.
34. Gentlemen:
The behavior of men in
choosing urinals is
different from that of
women choosing
restroom
stalls, according to
some reports. Whereas
more women prefer
stalls in the middle
section.
35. men prefer urinals
to either end of the
line,( 8-9)obviously
hoping to draw as
little attention as
possible.
36. Those men who actually
choose urinals in the
middle (4, 5, or 6) seem to
be less self-conscious and
less likely to succumb to
external influence or
pressure.
37. Ladies
Women who choose
stalls 1-3 are more flexible
and can adjust to a new
situation quickly.
These women tend to be
direct and
straightforward, and they
would not hesitate as much as
others when confronted with
decision-making.
38. Women who
choose stalls 4-6
are
cautious, moderat
e, balanced.
They refrain
from going to
extremes and
generally want to
feel safe.
39. Women who choose stalls 7-9
have a stronger sense of ones'
own space; they would not
mind going a little deeper into
the corners, where it's less
likely that they'll be
disturbed, even though other
women would consider such
positions more "dangerous"
ones.
