RCSC 3003 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Mission - ANS Policy making board- informed by constituents and CEO with senior staff
Strategic Directions - ANS CEO and management staff with board approval
MBO statements - ANS program managers and supervisory staff with collaborative approval
of senior management.
Operations planning - ANS Program design and implementation completed by first-line staff
and leaders with collaboration of mid- level staff-- terminal performance outcomes and program
management goals.
Positive Outcomes of Strategic planning - ANS agency publicly announces its purpose and
intended outcome
Good planning requires forecasting the future
Requires rationality; considering alternate futures and selecting an optimal one.
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, Results in metrics for measuring and documenting outcomes
Specific outputs to implement strategic planning - ANS Mission statement
strategic directions
Goals and objectives written in the SMART format.
Goals and objectives written in the SMART format - ANS MBO statements
Terminal performance outcomes
Program management goals
Mission Statement - ANS Defines the agency's purpose and outlines what it intends to
accomplish in the larger environment
Characteristics of a good mission statement. - ANS Purposely nebulous to provide maximum
flexibility for the agency in the future
A long-term commitment to the agency and thus not rewritten in the short run.
Strategic directions - ANS Accomplishing a sufficient number of strategic directions is
considered proof of the mission accomplishment
Strategic directions are usually going to be pursued by the organizations for 3-5 years or longer,
so they are not usually written in a measurable way.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Mission - ANS Policy making board- informed by constituents and CEO with senior staff
Strategic Directions - ANS CEO and management staff with board approval
MBO statements - ANS program managers and supervisory staff with collaborative approval
of senior management.
Operations planning - ANS Program design and implementation completed by first-line staff
and leaders with collaboration of mid- level staff-- terminal performance outcomes and program
management goals.
Positive Outcomes of Strategic planning - ANS agency publicly announces its purpose and
intended outcome
Good planning requires forecasting the future
Requires rationality; considering alternate futures and selecting an optimal one.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Results in metrics for measuring and documenting outcomes
Specific outputs to implement strategic planning - ANS Mission statement
strategic directions
Goals and objectives written in the SMART format.
Goals and objectives written in the SMART format - ANS MBO statements
Terminal performance outcomes
Program management goals
Mission Statement - ANS Defines the agency's purpose and outlines what it intends to
accomplish in the larger environment
Characteristics of a good mission statement. - ANS Purposely nebulous to provide maximum
flexibility for the agency in the future
A long-term commitment to the agency and thus not rewritten in the short run.
Strategic directions - ANS Accomplishing a sufficient number of strategic directions is
considered proof of the mission accomplishment
Strategic directions are usually going to be pursued by the organizations for 3-5 years or longer,
so they are not usually written in a measurable way.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
