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It's Academic (Scenario)
Rachel is the academic dean for a regional community college. The president has asked her to develop a plan for the college. He wants a plan covering the next five years, and he wants it to be as specific as possible, but not to the extent that it constrains flexibility. In developing the plan, Rachel must address several emerging issues, including advancements in teaching technology, shifting demand for various academic programs, declining student enrolment, and increasing competition from other schools. Despite projections that student enrolment will continue to decline over the next five years, Rachel must ensure that the plan allows the college to meet its employment obligations to tenured faculty who have been offered long-term teaching positions.


Since Rachel's plan will apply to the entire college, it is best described as a(n) ________.
◦ strategic
◦ single use
◦ standing
◦ operational
◦ short term

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[sarasara]

It's Academic (Scenario)
Rachel is the academic dean for a regional community college. The president has asked her to develop a plan for the college. He wants a plan covering the next five years, and he wants it to be as specific as possible, but not to the extent that it constrains flexibility. In developing the plan, Rachel must address several emerging issues, including advancements in teaching technology, shifting demand for various academic programs, declining student enrolment, and increasing competition from other schools. Despite projections that student enrolment will continue to decline over the next five years, Rachel must ensure that the plan allows the college to meet its employment obligations to tenured faculty who have been offered long-term teaching positions.


The president's instructions to Rachel illustrate the tradeoff between the ________ of specific plans versus the ________ of directional plans.
◦ wider breadth; shorter time frames
◦ increased flexibility; urgency
◦ increased clarity; higher flexibility
◦ longer time frames; higher specificity
◦ urgency; reduced flexibility

[sokh]

increased clarity; higher flexibility

[jazziefee]

It's Academic (Scenario)
Rachel is the academic dean for a regional community college. The president has asked her to develop a plan for the college. He wants a plan covering the next five years, and he wants it to be as specific as possible, but not to the extent that it constrains flexibility. In developing the plan, Rachel must address several emerging issues, including advancements in teaching technology, shifting demand for various academic programs, declining student enrolment, and increasing competition from other schools. Despite projections that student enrolment will continue to decline over the next five years, Rachel must ensure that the plan allows the college to meet its employment obligations to tenured faculty who have been offered long-term teaching positions.


Uncertainty about the impact of new teaching technologies and shifting program demand suggests that the plan should be more ________.
◦ specific
◦ tactical
◦ focused
◦ directional
◦ objective

[jaymee143]

directional

[CORALGRILL2014]

It's Academic (Scenario)
Rachel is the academic dean for a regional community college. The president has asked her to develop a plan for the college. He wants a plan covering the next five years, and he wants it to be as specific as possible, but not to the extent that it constrains flexibility. In developing the plan, Rachel must address several emerging issues, including advancements in teaching technology, shifting demand for various academic programs, declining student enrolment, and increasing competition from other schools. Despite projections that student enrolment will continue to decline over the next five years, Rachel must ensure that the plan allows the college to meet its employment obligations to tenured faculty who have been offered long-term teaching positions.


Declining student enrolment and increasing competition are examples of which contingency factor that can affect planning?
◦ length of future commitments
◦ degree of environmental uncertainty
◦ level of urgency
◦ level in the organization
◦ degree of goal flexibility

[meltdown117]

degree of environmental uncertainty