Arrange the following steps of the planning process in correct order:
A. Selecting an alternative
B. Setting objectives and developing premises
C. Evaluating alternative courses of action
D. Implementing the plan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (A), (D)
(B) Setting objectives and developing premises — first. Planning starts with what is to be achieved, and then the assumptions about the future on which the plan will rest.
(C) Evaluating alternative courses of action — second. After the different ways of reaching the objectives are identified, the merits and demerits of each are weighed.
(A) Selecting an alternative — third. The best plan is chosen: the most practical and profitable one, with the fewest bad effects.
(D) Implementing the plan — fourth. The chosen plan is put into action. Follow-up action then checks that it is working.
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