"Managers have a tendency to rely on previously tried and tested successful plans." This statement is related to:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Planning does not guarantee success.
Option (1) Planning leads to rigidity — Incorrect. This limitation means that once a plan is fixed, managers may not be able to change it when conditions change.
Option (2) Planning may not work in a dynamic environment — Incorrect. This limitation means that the business environment keeps changing, so a plan cannot foresee everything.
Option (3) Planning reduces creativity — Incorrect. This limitation means that people lower down only carry out plans made at the top, so they get no room to think of new ideas.
Option (4) Planning does not guarantee success. — Correct. Managers tend to rely on plans that worked before. But a plan that succeeded once may fail again, because conditions change. Success comes only when a plan is properly drawn up and carried out.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “(vi) Planning does not guarantee success: The success of an enterprise is possible only when plans are properly drawn up and implemented. Any plan needs to be translated into action or it becomes meaningless. Managers have a tendency to rely on previously tried and tested successful plans. It is not always true that just because a plan has worked before it will work again. …” |
Note: The same/similar question has been asked in different years by NTA as per the details given below:
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 31-05 S1 | – | – | 07-06 S3 | – |