Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Business => Management => Topic started by: cool on Oct 23, 2019
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The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
Nadia's first step in setting goals for this new group should be ________.
◦ request input from others and then formulate specific goals
◦ evaluate available resources
◦ write down the goals and communicate them
◦ determine the goals individually and then ask for input from others
◦ to formally establish the organization's mission
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to formally establish the organization's mission
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The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
Because of the intergovernmental nature of the Sea to Sky Collaborative, Nadia's boss suggests that open-ended goals may be preferable, as they offer greater flexibility. Nadia, a knowledgeable and experienced planner, tells her that well-designed goals should ________.
◦ be written down but not communicated to all parties
◦ be written in terms of actions rather than outcomes
◦ specify a clear time frame
◦ be easily attainable
◦ be communicated but not written down
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specify a clear time frame
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The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
After establishing the Collaborative's goals, Nadia's boss asks what contingency factors might influence the collaborative's plans to reach these goals. Nadia responds that planning contingency factors can be broadly grouped into three categories: ________.
◦ degree of environmental uncertainty, level of profitability, and organizational structure
◦ degree of environmental uncertainty, organizational structure, and communication effectiveness
◦ degree of environmental uncertainty, length of future commitments, and degree of urgency
◦ degree of urgency, length of future commitments, and communication effectiveness
◦ degree of environmental uncertainty, length of future commitments, and organizational level
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degree of environmental uncertainty, length of future commitments, and organizational level
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The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
While each community in the Sea to Sky Collaborative maintains its identity and independence, Nadia believes that the leverage of multi-governmental applications will ultimately secure more major funding in the future. However, due to the intergovernmental nature of the organization, Nadia, although in charge of the collaborative, wields little direct power over any member community individually. Which contingency factor best represents Nadia's situation?
◦ environmental uncertainty
◦ level in the organization
◦ degree of urgency
◦ time frame of future commitments
◦ communication effectiveness
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level in the organization
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The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
Nadia told the Collaborative's members that the more current the plans are that affect future commitments, the longer the time frame is for which managers must plan. This concept is also known as the ________.
◦ realistic time frame principle
◦ first principle of planning
◦ commitment concept
◦ future resource distribution principle
◦ planning horizon concept
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commitment concept
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Thank you
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thanks
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thank you