Answer to Question 1
Feedback is required to determine how to improve meetings in the future. A final step in the process is to write and circulate minutes. They will serve as a reference to remember meeting discussions, decisions, and action items.
Answer to Question 2
A marketing plan is a formal statement detailing how an operation will achieve its marketing goals. A marketing plan details the operation's marketing activities and identifies who will do them. It addresses when the activities will take place and how much money is needed to complete them. Finally, it addresses how the plan's results will be measured. Because financial resources are limited, a manager's marketing plan must be based on a budget. The budget ensures that the funds set aside for marketing will be sufficient to fully fund all activities presented in the plan. The marketing schedule is the part of the marketing plan that contains three key pieces of information about an operation's specific marketing activities: What is to be done? When will it be done? and Who will do it?