Homework # 9 818. What role do you think goals would play in planning the change in direction for the company? List some goals you think might be important. (Make sure these goals have the characteristics of well- written goals.) Goals play an important role in an organization planning for situations requiring coordination of all resources. In this case the goals set were steering Garmin to form new partnerships in order to remain active in the market. Garmin planning should follow the SMART format introduced by drucker. 819. What types of plans would be needed in an industry such as this one? (For instance, long-term plans or short-term plans, or both?) Explain why you think these plans would be important. planning involves the organizations goals establishing an overall strategy for achieving those goals and developing a set of plans to integrate and establish the work to be done. A short term goal in this industry involves relationships within car manufacturing and a long term goal plans on product development. 8-20. What contingency factors might affect the planning Garmin executives have to do? How might those contingency factors affect the planning