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PHR · Question #126

All organizations need prevoyance, or planning, as a part of a manager's duty. As an HR Professional what is the primary purpose of planning?

The correct answer is B. Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organization. The primary purpose of planning as a managerial function is to establish the groundwork that enables managers to achieve organizational goals, distinct from personal managerial goals.

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Question

All organizations need prevoyance, or planning, as a part of a manager's duty. As an HR Professional what is the primary purpose of planning?

Options

  • ADirects the project team and staff to accomplish the project scope
  • BEstablishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organization
  • CCommunicates the direction of the organization
  • DEstablishes groundwork for the managers to achieve their goals

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    10% (5)
  • B
    82% (41)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

The primary purpose of planning as a managerial function is to establish the groundwork that enables managers to achieve organizational goals, distinct from personal managerial goals.

ADirects the project team and staff to accomplish the project scope

Directing the project team to accomplish scope describes the leading or directing function of management, not the planning function.

BEstablishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organizationCorrect

Planning is the foundational managerial function that sets objectives and defines the actions required to meet the organization's overall goals. It provides the strategic framework from which all other management functions - organizing, leading, and controlling - derive direction, ensuring individual and team efforts are aligned with the organization's mission.

CCommunicates the direction of the organization

Communicating the direction of the organization is a component of the leading and communicating function, not the primary purpose of planning.

DEstablishes groundwork for the managers to achieve their goals

This option incorrectly frames planning as serving the managers' own personal goals rather than the goals of the organization, which is a critical and deliberate distinction in management theory.

Concept tested: Primary purpose of the planning management function

Source: https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/tools/hr-answers/what-is-human-resource-planning

Topics

#organizational planning#management functions#HR strategy#prevoyance

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