Introduction
The Deming Wheel explains that by using the backward planning system, it will help you start with your objective, and then work backwards to develop your plan. Furthermore, starting backwards will become easier to prepare for a successful outcome. It is important to map out solutions to your problems in a fun, energetic and creative way to achieve the desired results. This four-step method can help give direction and control to execute, and it provides an iterative process for continuous improvement (Leadership & Direction, 2014). The PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is a modified version of Shewhart’s Cycle in which it advices to use rapidly in order to ensure continuous learning by improving function, product, or process. Questions
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Questions can help ensure that a project is successful. Especially in a team environment because one person can bring up good or better ideas than others and together it makes the team stronger and successful. Moreover, knowing what questions to ask or following the Deming Wheel can either assist or guide you in the right direction. The right mix of planning monitoring, and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget and with high quality results (Tom Mochal, 2009). Allowing, your team to be part of the solution will help finish the project with a degree of pride and success.
Types of Questions
What are the right type of questions to ask and answer? The two key questions to ask when planning according to the Army Handbook are:
• What are all the ingredients necessary for its successful
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By asking who, what, when, where, how and why, its sets the stage for subordinates to discover their own solutions, increasing their competence, their confidence and their ownership of results (Judith Ross, 2009) The leaders then should immediately know if the right questions were asked by the amount of ideas, information and solutions gathered by his or her team. This will empower the leader and its subordinates to act and execute the plan.
Conclusion
Organizations will perform better when they allow their subordinates to voice their opinions and have healthy open discussions. Leaders in return need to be great listeners to diverse opinions in order to facilitate their teams in moving toward a solution. This will help create a positive working environment it will also remove organizational obstacles and it will provide tools that employees will need to perform their jobs effectively (Valarle Willis,
For any organization, planning, the first step in the four management functions, is very significant to reach success. During the planning process, organizations establish goals for expectations on performance and then decide on how to reach that specific goal. For example, increasing sales each year is Pacsun's year long goal. The stores keep all of their sales reports, return logs, and exchange records for each day, so when that same business day comes around again the following year, each store knows exactly how many sales they need to have to increase sales for the current year. They also keep track of each store's average dollar amount per sale and how many units are being sold through each transact...
Problem solving becomes systematic and horizontal as discussed in the process oriented section of the previous week (Taylor, 2013). Problem solving becomes preventative instead of reactive. The delivery of products and services are value driven and customer focused. The elimination of non-value added activities and waste improve the quality of products and services. Using a pull system reduces costs because of low inventories, using a JIT methodology (Russell & Taylor, 2011). Continuous improvement should be pursued, improving the quality of products and services to customer.
For example, if an organization wants to build a Shared Vision for a project, it cannot be done without Team learning (conversations). This will begin by incorporating Systems Thinking to understand issues within the team. To top everything off, the team will need to understand assumptions and analyze whether the project is going to be worth it (Mental Models).
Brainstorming, teacher guide students through activities in which they aim to get students, first, to activate any background information they have on a topic and second to extend their already existing background knowledge on the topic.
I will now conduct a plan in the forms of a flow chart to show what I
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind” a famous quote about our goal by Seneca. It is a metaphor about the achievement goal and objectives by good planning skills. One has to plan for what one wants to achieve and where one wants to go. One of the most important things is to have good planning, before taking any project the first think you should do is to create project plan. Planning can be defined as preparing a sequence of action to achieve specific goals and objectives. According to Kerzner (2009), “project planning is desirable that the project manager is involved from project conception through execution. It must be systematic, flexible to handle, closely disciplined through reviews and control and capable of accepting multi functional inputs (pg. 412)”. The importance of planning a project is to describe the work so that it will be easily identifiable to the project team member.
Planning aims to reduce uncertainty. It does this by forcing managers to look ahead, anticipate change, consider the impact of change and develop appropriate responses. (Robbins 2012) Through attempted monitoring of conditions in a changing environment, one is able to respond quicker to new information and new circumstances, thereby becoming more flexible. In addition, having the environment under constant observation enables managers to analyse how the organisation will differentiate itself from its competitors, therefore facilitating more chan...
Planning is an essential process in today’s organizations. Based on the three types of managers: top-level (strategic managers), middle-level (tactical managers), and frontline (operational managers), exist three corresponding levels of planning: strategic, tactical, and operational. The purpose of this essay is to focus on the strategic level of planning for the Ford Motor Company; a leader in the global automobile industry. Strategic planning, according to Bateman and Snell (2009), “involves making decisions about the organization’s long-term goals and strategies” (p. 137). This paper will elaborate on six key influential factors: economic, environmental, competition, foreign policy, domestic policy, and innovation; that shape this corporation’s strategic plan. Finally, a SWOTT analysis will be conducted covering the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and trends, that the Ford Motor Company has in relation to its business environment.
Planning proved to be the first big obstacle to learn in the road to efficient
...y plans to react to the unforeseen. Implementing good contingency plans in conjunction with a robust PDCA cycle is a great step toward success for a company in the global market place.
As Schermerhorn states in Management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the tools needed by managers to accomplish performance goals. It is crucial that managers be able to recognize and act upon problems or opportunities as they arise. Planning is perhaps the cornerstone of the four processes. All good processes were at some point given great detail so as to anticipate possible problems and solutions to those problems. When the Honda Motor Company decided it needed to refine its inventory they didn't just jump at the first idea that was proposed; they first set their objectives and discussed ways to meet those objectives. After giving careful consideration to processes and the streamlining of those processes human error rose as the top need for change. Sounds simple you might respond; in reality it is much more complicated.
Questions we ask people arouse their thinking processes. When we arouse people's think processes, we give them the chance to express their own ideas and feelings. The only way we will find out what we want to know about another is by asking questions. If we are able to help people think on their own they will respect us and like us
By not understanding what the controlling activities will include, the planning process is incomplete. In today’s environment, the relationship between project planning and project control are critical. When a project has an unforeseen event occur, it can be contributed to a planning failure. This is where control comes in to implement the corrective action. This unforeseen event is now a lesson learned and is considered in the planning of future projects. Therefore, project planning and effective project control is an iterative process as depicted below (PMBOK ,
Lee and Green stressed that feedback and learning are essential to systems thinking organization. Neumann (2013) replaced the word feedback with the word reflecting, noting leaders must reflect on the interactions of the parts to gain a better understanding of the system. Learning is the other component to a systems thinking organization. Neumann offered the ‘know why thinking’ approach to learning. According to Neumann (2013), to guarantee learning is happening within a systems thinking organization, leaders need to confirm workers understand the ‘why’ they are doing the job they are doing. According to Simington (2015), people desire to know the ‘why’ behind what they are asked to do for the organization. Simington noted that leaders should embrace the questions from the employees because that provides an opportunity for the leader and workers to explore and innovate new ways to improve the organization. One method of improving a company is to change the environment into a team driven organization. Zoltan et al. (2013) noted a team consist of three factors. The first factor is each member has a skill. Next, the members of the team need problem-solving skills, evaluate situations and make competent decisions. The last factor a team need is people with good listening skills, desires feedback, and members trained in conflict resolution. Zoltan et al. stressed leaders must blend the skills in
Asking many questions is one of the main ways in which a leader can ensure the success of a specific project. Observing and posing questions is vital to the success of a project in that it assists in forming the initial plan. Asking many questions will ensure that all details of the project are discussed and deliberated over before taking any action, thus reducing the amount of potential problems that may arise. In addition, a brainstorming gathering among all team members will get every member to begin considering all aspects of the project, which will result in more creative ideas. (Clark, 1997). Team members who take part in the each phase, including the planning and finding the resolution, will be more likely to work hard until completion.