Library Planning and Decision-making

What do you call a planning model that basically requires a group process that promotes creative thinking through a “What if?” attitude

• a. Issue-based (or goal-based) strategic planning

• b. Self-organizing planning

• c. Alignment modeling and organic modeling

• d. Scenario planning

Who says that planning is the deliberate, preferred manner of preparing for library service in the future and is the responsible means of fulfilling future community library needs?

• a. Omran

• b. Shapiro

Planning involves setting targets and predicting future conditions, thus helping in making ____________ decisions.

• a. conditional

• b. rational

• c. great

• d. remarkable

Planning enables managers to look ahead and to decide in advance, so planning reduces the risk of _______________.

• a. dependability

• b. insecurity

• c. uncertainty

• d. inconsistency

What hierarchical plan defines the organization’s long-term vision and articulate the organization’s mission and value statements?

• a. strategic plan

• b. administrative plan

• c. operating plan

It is a hierarchical plan that covers the day-to-day operations of the organization.

• a. strategic plan

• administrative plan

• c. operating plan

It is a hierarchical plan that specifies the allocation of organizational resources to internal units of the organization by which it address the integration of the institutional level of the organization.

• a. strategic plan

• administrative plan

• c. operating plan

These are general statements of understanding or intent, which guide decision-making, permitting the exercise of some discretion, and also guide behavior.

• a. policies

• b. procedures

• c. rules

These are standing plans that guide action and specify a series of steps that must be taken in the performance of a particular task.

• a. policies

• b. procedures

• c. rules

These are standing plans that guide action that does not permit discretion in interpretation, and they specify what is permissible and what is not permissible.

• a. policies

• b. procedures

• c. rules