QUESTION 58

HOW DO I PREPARE AN OPERATIONAL PLAN?

Why it’s important: As a manager you will be held accountable for delivery of your part of the operational plan. So you need to get it right or you may find yourself committed to the achievement of impossible targets/tasks.

It’s very likely that you are or will be responsible for preparing an annual operational plan for your team, section, department or whole organisation. It’s important that you do it as accurately as possible because your performance will be judged against how well you deliver the tasks and targets contained in your plan.

The annual operational plan is the vital link between the organisation’s strategic plan and annual budget. It takes the organisation’s strategic objectives and ...

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