How Do Managers Plan?(cont.) Developing Plans (cont.) -Approaches to Planning traditional,top-down approach -planning done by top managers -formal planning department-specialists whose sole responsibility is to help to write organizational plans -plans flowed down to lower levels >tailored to particular needs at each lower level -most effective if plan is a workable document used by organizational members for direction and guidance ©Prentice Hall,2002 7-25 How Do Managers Plan? (cont.) Developing Plans (cont.) – Approaches to Planning • traditional, top-down approach – planning done by top managers – formal planning department - specialists whose sole responsibility is to help to write organizational plans – plans flowed down to lower levels »tailored to particular needs at each lower level –most effective if plan is a workable document used by organizational members for direction and guidance © Prentice Hall, 2002 7-25