ACTION PLANS 

Action plans to get things done

        The first step to succeed in your career, or in a business, is make a plan setting out the goals and how they are to be achieved.

        If an organisation plans to initiate a project or make changes , the best way to get people to accept them  is to involve them at the planning and discussion stages.

A Handful of Tips to get things done

• First clarify what is to be done

        Try to forecast when you hope to reach your objective.

        Set down the conditions and assumptions under which the work will be done.

        * What resources will be needed? 

        Budget  your time and financial costs.

        How much time will be needed for the various tasks?

• Establish policies , procedures and methods

        Set goals and standards  to be achieved  so you will know when they have been reached.

• Try to anticipate problems and decide how to overcome them

        Make up a list of possible events that might occur.        

• A plan is not a static thing

        Changes must be made if conditions change.

        Make sudden changes if and when it is required, but be prepared.

• Make sure everyone involved knows what they have to do

        Clarify their roles, and by when they need to accomplish their tasks by.

Geoffrey Moss (mossassociates.co.nz)

“Failure to plan is a plan for failure.”

 Source: Time-Savers, Moss Associates.Ltd  New Zealand; McGraw-Hill, Australia & Times Business Books,  a Federal Publication, Singapore.