1. The plans discussed here are:
i) Objective: It is the end result a firm has to achieve.
Instance: The tourism ministry ________________ promote India.
ii) Strategy: It refers to future decisions defining the organisation's direction and scope in the long run.
Instance: It is planning to use ________________Nordaic Countries.
2. The limitation of planning referred to in the given case is planning may not work in dynamic environment. There was changes in Detel's business environment due to which Detel's planning failed and Detel had to revise its plans to compete with Tiolink.
3. Different stages of planning process described here are:
i) Setting Objectives: He has decided to _______________ forthcoming winter season.
ii) Developing Premises: He has also taken _____________ various future assumptions.
iii) Identifying alternative courses of action: He first identified _________________ public relation activities.
iv) Selecting an alternative: After evaluating the different ___________________ and shopping center.
v) Implementing the Plan: In order to implement _________________ for cross promotion.
