MANUAL TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION

TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION

• Realistic; they must be achievable with the resources available at the time, both in terms of time and capacity. Ambitious but not doomed to failure... double the number of subscribers in six months. • Time-bound; it should be made explicit how long it is intended to take to achieve. Increase turnover by twenty percent in the first year.

Once the objectives have been drafted, it is essential to organise and prioritise them, as this will allow us to establish the structure of the work planning.

Prioritise by importance, not by urgency; we often perceive as urgent things that are not really important. We also need to avoid dispersion without trying to cover too many objectives at the same time.

8.4. Establishing an action plan

It is extremely important to plan any activity and to plan it properly. Once we know where we want to go, we must establish a coherent and effective plan of action that offers the best guarantee of success.

We are going to analyse the elements that must be taken into account in order to properly prepare the planning of a project.

CASE: COMIC LOOK

Comic Look is a publishing company that intends to launch a comic book based on the story of a medieval character next year.

The comic book will be aimed at children between 8 and 12 years of age; it will be marketed in most public schools as a support for history classes.

Jane, the project manager, and the production team set about planning the project.

Why plan?

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