Business Studies
Limitations of planning
Practice questions
If a plan has a fixed script for customer service and complex customer cases remain unsolved, which limitation is shown?An airline planned ticket prices assuming stable fuel prices but global tension made fuel expensive. Which limitation applies?An education company launched a new course after a long approval process when the exam syllabus had already changed. This is a mixed example of which limitation?If employees who implement the plan were not involved in preparing it and resist it as impractical which limitation is shown?A company assumed online advertising cost would remain stable but platform charges suddenly increased. This relates to which limitation?When a plan tries to write detailed rules for every situation but a new situation is still missed what is proved?A company stopped employees from giving local discounts outside the plan and regional sales fell. Which limitation will be identified?If a product fails despite detailed planning because customers did not consider the problem important which conclusion is correct?A business made a distribution plan assuming normal monsoon but a landslide closed the route. Which limitation is this an example of?When managers reduce monitoring by assuming the plan will succeed and errors increase which limitation appears?In which situation does the time spent on planning directly become a strategic loss?A company decided that all branches will keep the same price but a local competitor gave heavy discounts in one region. What limitation does the uniform price rule create?If a plan is based only on optimistic sales estimates and a cash crisis occurs what is the main problem?A factory ignored the possibility of new rules and invested in an old machine which was later banned. Which limitation does this show?If departments keep protecting their planned targets and do not solve a new collective problem which limitation emerges?A company made a call-centre plan based on the past average of complaints, but complaints multiplied due to a product defect. What is clear?Which example gives the strongest sign of reduced creativity as a limitation of planning?A company considered the chance of a social media crisis very low and made no response plan. A sudden boycott campaign began. What is this related to?If all costs were estimated in the plan but the insurance premium suddenly increased, which limitation appears?A business did not develop alternative distribution channels after seeing success in the main plan. Suddenly a fuel crisis stopped the old channel. What is the most suitable conclusion?