Chapters 7 and 8 emphasize the vital role of planning, goal setting, and strategy in organizational management, highlighting managers as pivotal in establishing effective plans. Aligned with broader course goals, the module emphasizes the practical application of managerial functions, covering the relationship between goals and plans, goal characteristics, and strategic management.

You are a middle manager helping to implement a new corporate cost-cutting strategy, and you're meeting skepticism, resistance, and in some cases, outright hostility from your subordinates. In what ways might you or the company have been able to avoid this situation? Where do you go from here?

Answer should be a minimum of 100 words