Refer to the Scenario Given to Answer the Following Questions

question 130

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario given to answer the following questions.
The Sea to Sky Collaborative (Scenario)
Nadia Mainardi is the senior planner for the Whistler-Blackcomb Regional Development Council. She has met with a group of stakeholders, including the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Tourism B.C., and others who are interested in working together to improve the Sea to Sky Highway between North Vancouver and Whistler. To date, Nadia has successfully obtained a Technical Assistance Grant from the province to help organize several small communities along the Sea to Sky Highway into an intergovernmental unit, all sharing the same mission and goals. Nadia is now charged with developing a strategic plan for this group, called the Sea to Sky Collaborative.
-Nadia told the Collaborative's members that the more current the plans are that affect future commitments, the longer the time frame is for which managers must plan. This concept is also known as the __________.

• A) first principle of planning
• B) commitment concept
• C) planning horizon concept
• D) realistic time frame principle
• E) future resource distribution principle

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