1. The document discusses operational planning, including defining it as turning a strategic plan into detailed weekly or daily actions. It outlines key objectives and goals and ensures clear responsibilities. 2. It provides examples of operational planning advantages like clarifying goals and defining daily tasks and responsibilities to measure against objectives. 3. The document provides guidance on creating an operational plan, such as identifying goals and initiatives, defining assumptions, and outlining responsibilities and tasks.

2. Name………………….ID
1,Sintayehu Getachew…....TTME/056/15
2,Belay Mamuye………....TTME/014/15
3,Yitafer Kasawmar…........TTME/075/15
4,Habtamu Negash….........TTME/030/15
5,Haileyesus K/Mariyam…TTME/032/15

3.  Prepare Operational Plan for the
Year 2015 E.C
What is operational planning?
• Operational planning is the process of turning your
strategic plan into a detailed map that outlines exactly
what action your team will take on a weekly, or
sometimes even daily, basis.
• An operational plan outlines the key objectives and
goals of an organization and how to reach them.
• It is a well-crafted document that ensures team
members know their responsibilities and have a clear
understanding of what needs to be done.

4. Cont……
• Operational planning is the process of the day-to-day
work to execute your strategy.
• It ensures you have all the resources and staff
necessary to get work done efficiently.
• Operational plans are not only for large enterprises —
small businesses and individuals too can benefit from
operational planning
• An operational plan outlines the key objectives and
goals of an organization and how to reach them.

5. Types of Organizational Planning
There are four phases of a proper organizational plan:
strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency.
Each phase of planning is a subset of the prior, with
strategic planning being the foremost.
Strategic Plan
The setting of board
Long-range goals by top
Managers.
Operational Planning
The setting of work
standards and Schedules
Contingency Planning
Backup plans in case
primary plans fail.
Tactical Planning
The Identification of
Specific, short-range
objectives by lower-level
Managers

6. There are three levels to who should
create an operational plan:
• Scope: Your operational plan will capture the who,
what, and when of each activity.
• It should be laser-focused on a team or initiative.
• Timeline: Depending on how fast your organization
moves, your operational plan should span a quarter,
six months, or a fiscal year.
• Stakeholders: Make sure the people involved in
operational planning are close to the work, so they
can accurately project and predict what work should
be included in the plan.

7. Operational planning advantages
• Clarifies organizational goals
• An operational plan helps managers and department
heads define their daily tasks, responsibilities, and
activities in detail.
• It also illustrates how individual team members
contribute to the overall company or department
goals.
• Without a clearly defined plan, managers and
employees have no way to measure their daily tasks
against predefined outcomes.

8. Cont……
• Clarifies exactly what your team will be doing on a
weekly and daily basis.
• Provides a comprehensive guide of the day-to-day
operations your team members need to take in order
to accomplish your long-term goals.
• Sets a benchmark for daily expectations, so you can
avoid getting off track.

9. Functional operational plan:
• Clearly define the ultimate vision or objective for
the plan
• Review and break down the smaller goals for the
budget, team, and resources required to put the
plan into action
• Assign budgets, team members, and resources
• Monitor progress with consistent reports
• Refine the operational plan and be ready to pivot
if needed

10. BASICS FOR COMPARISON
STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Meaning: The planning for
achieving the vision of the
organization is Strategic
Planning.
• Time line: Long term
planning
• Modifications: Generally,
the plan lasts longer.
• Scope: Wide
• Emphasis on: Planning of
vision, mission and
objectives.
OPERATIONAL PLANNING
• Meaning: Operational
Planning is a process of
deciding in advance of what
is to be done to achieve the
tactical objectives of
business?
• Time line: Short term
planning
• Modifications: The plan
changes every year.
• Scope: Narrow
• Emphasis on: Planning the
routine activities of the
company.

11. Operational plans should contain:
• clear objectives of them.
• activities to be delivered.
• quality standards.
• desired outcomes.
• staffing and resource requirements.
• implementation timetables.
• a process for monitoring progress.

12. How to create operational plan
To write an operational plan, you should:
- Identify important goals, milestones, or objectives.
- Determine key initiatives to help achieve those goals.
- Define key assumptions you're making about challenges.
- Decide how you'll measure success.
- Clearly outline responsibilities and tasks
Purpose
• An operational plan outlines the activities and targets which the
organization will carry out in order to work towards achieving the
aims and objectives set out in the strategic plan. It provides the
framework for an organization’s day-to-day operations. An
operational plan usually covers a one year period.