Topic 6

Organisational planning [to plan or not

to plan - is that the question?]

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Learning outcomes

• Critically analyse and evaluate a variety of

management and organisational theories and
practices in the context of the contemporary
business environment;
• Reflect critically on management issues such as
ethics, sustainability, innovation and
entrepreneurship, digital disruption, and how
they are shaping 21st century organisations.

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Agenda

• How and why organisational planning is done.

• How planning might be adapted for VUCA
world.

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Getting started

Should managers plan the direction of

their organisations?

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Elevator pitch

Topic 6 Elevator pitch - is planning dead?

It’s your turn to respond. In one minute of

speaking, or about 130 written words, how would
you respond?

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Case of the week: Can you win back online
shoppers?
What management problems confront the
Board?

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Learning activity

• Organisational planning is logical, ordered and

rational. Is this realistic in VUCA world? Why, or
why not? Try to think of specific examples to
support your answer.
• To what extent do you believe that scenario
planning helps organisations to be flexible and
responsive in a VUCA environment?

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Planning in Netflix

https://csu.kanopystreaming.com/video/critical-busi
ness-skills-success-when-netfli

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Learning activity 3

• Imagine that you are advising the leadership of

your own organisation or an organisation that is
known to you about the approach that they
should be taking to organisational planning.
• Based on the article by Roger Martin, what
advice would you give them? Write down the top
five points that you would make.

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Returning to the case of the week

• What conflicting values are evident in this case?

• What advice would you give the Board
regarding a way forward that resolves the
values conflict?
• What management competencies do you
believe this case highlights that are important for
the 21st century leader-manager in VUCA world?

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Review

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