As the learning outcomes this week suggest strategic plannin

As the learning outcomes this week suggest, strategic planning in today’s ambiguous and turbulent environment is a challenge, what is your interpretation of the challenges and opportunities surrounding strategic planning and decision-making in a complex environment?

Solution

Planning can have benefits and disadvantages. Planning generally positively affects performance, because goals and plans provide a source of motivation and commitment, guide resource allocations, are a guide to action, and set a standard of performance. Some believe that planning hurts performance, because goals and plans can create a false sense of certainty, may cause rigidity in a turbulent environment, and can get in the way of intuition and creativity

PLANNING FOR A TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT: