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Red Chillies Entertainment

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Indian producers lose out in the overseas market because they are unable to customize marketing strategies, unlike their Hollywood counterparts who dub their films in various Indian languages and release them in the interiors, says Shailja Gupta, US country head of production house Red Chillies Entertainment.

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Module 2: Planning

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DefinitionPlanning is deciding in advance what is to be done in future. Plan bridges the gap between where we are and where we want to go. - Harold Koontz & O’ Donnell“ The process of establishing goals and suitable action for achieving these goals.” - Stoner & Freeman

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Meaning

Planning is a primary function of corporate management. It is the bridge between current and future.It gives managers• Purpose• Objectives• Programme and • Direction towards goalsIt provides a framework for decision making, helps in motivating and control of standards of performance.

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Essentials or Characteristics of a Good PlanAccording to I.F. Urwick, essentials of a good plan are:

It should be based on a clearly-defined objective

It should be simple

It should be rationale and appropriate

It should be comprehensive

It should provide for a proper analysis and classification of

actions

It must be flexible

It must be balanced

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Essentials or Characteristics of a Good Plan It must use all available resources and opportunities to

the utmost before creating new authorities and new

resources

It should be free from social and psychological biases of

the planners as well as of subordinates

Proper co-ordination between short term and long term

plans

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Planning Process

•Awareness of opportunities and problems

• Collecting and analyzing information

• Determination of objectives

•Determining planning premises & constraints

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• Finding out alternative courses of action

• Evaluation of alternatives and selection

• Determining secondary plans

• Securing participation of employees

•Providing follow-up & future evaluation

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Types of PlansPlanning can be classified on the basis of:• Time• Managerial levels• Repetitiveness &• Scope

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MBOManagement by Objectives: Has proved successful for the management since it was replaced by the traditional ways of ‘management by domination’ it was popularized as an approach of planning by ‘Peter. F. Drucker’ in 1954 in his book “The practice of Management”There are various MBO programmes like• Management by results• Goal Management• Work planning and review

These are similar in nature even though they are named differently.According to Howell, the concept of MBO has passed through different stages• MBO for performance appraisal• For integrating the individuals of the organization &• For long-range plans

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Process of MBO• Preliminary setting of objectives at the top level• Clarification of goals• Setting of subordinates’ objectives• Recycling of objectives• Performance appraisal

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MBEManagement By Exception: A policy by which management devotes its time to investigating only those situations which actually differ from the planned results.

The idea here is the management should spend time concentrating on the important items.

MBE leaves minor issues to be dealt by the lower level workers.

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Methods of Planning• Philosophy: Is based on the needs and problems of the society

and economy of the country, it bridges the gap between company & society.

• Purpose• Objectives• Strategies: Determine long term objectives of an enterprise and

courses of action to achieve these goals. • Policies: Statements that guide in decision making.• Rules• Programmes: Steps taken to and resources allocated to carry

out the course of action• Budget

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Decision MakingMeaningDecision-making is the process of choosing the best from among the alternative soultions under given circumstances.

Definition“ Selection of a course of action from among alternatives, it is core of planning.” - Harold Koontz & Heinz Weihrich

“ The process of choosing a course or action from two or more alternatives” -John A Pearce & Richard B Robinson

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Types of Decisions• Programmed & Non Programmed: Routine and repetitive problems and non-routine and non repetitive.• Major & Minor• Routine & Strategic: Daily decisions &certain long term decisions

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• Policy & operating decisions: High level and lower level• Organizational & Personal• Individual & Group

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Decision Making Process

“A good decision id dependent on the recognition of the right problem”

- L. Massie

•Problem Awareness: It has to be observed that if a problem really exists or not. There may be perceptions which are not really problems but are just assumed to be problems.

• Making the Diagnosis: If the problem is not properly diagnosed the efforts made towards solving it will be useless. The disease can be cured only if its properly diagnosed.

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• Analyzing the Problem: Related information and data should be collected. This helps in getting a clear idea of the problem. Analysis should separate facts from beliefs and opinions.

• Developing Alternative Solutions: The next step is to develop alternative solutions or courses of actions. The management needs to evaluate all the courses of action.

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• Selecting the best solution: Select the best solution for the various alternatives developed. For this management has to consider merits and demerits of each alternative. Some criteria for selecting the best decision are economy of effort, degree of risk, time required for implementation, practicability of the solution etc,,

• Converting the decision into effective action: After selecting the best solution, the management takes steps to translate the decision into action with the co-operation of the employees. It is desirable that should be associated with the decision.

• Follow up decision: Sometimes it is possible that the decision taken might not be the correct one. That’s the reason a system of follow up should be introduced. This helps in correcting, modifying, the decision without waste of time.