Top Down Plans Are Often Overly Aggressive and Unrealistic Calling

question 14

Essay

Top down plans are often overly aggressive and unrealistic calling for performance the company cannot achieve. Bottom up planning, on the other hand, tends to produce plans that don't call out the best the organization can do. Where do these tendencies come from, and why do they exist. Describe an ideal planning process in terms of top down and bottom up.

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