Boeing-Management Planning

Boeing-Management Planning

Evaluate the planning function of management.

Boeing is a company that is famous for their 7-series commercial airplanes. Boeing not only produce or make their own planes they create their own defense mechanisms and communication devices. All levels of management have their specific set of goals that they are trying to accomplish as well as making sure that their workers are well motivated and ready to produce efficient work and to meet all of their deadlines. Since all the levels of management have a full load to carry they are able to get all these tasks down by deadline by having a plan put into place in order to accomplish these goals. So to Boeing being an efficient company they take the planning function of management seriously in order for them to reach their desired goals and to make sure that it is done is the specified time frame. The company has a set of questions that they need to ask in this planning function which is the financial aspects to see if the project that they are attempting is I worth the production to gain a profit. They not only do they have to look at the financial part of the planning but they must gather important information to see if the production of the product is achievable and not to far out of reach. Then they must question if they have manpower, equipment and resources they need. Lastly they must put into place a reasonable time line for everything to be completed.

Analyze the influence that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management.

Legal issues have impacted Boeing's management planning. When management plans on a pay scale for employees they need to consider equal pay for equal work. There should be no discrimination involved in deciding employee salary. Example In 2000, Boeing was sued over a complicated legal issue involving gender pay differential" (Innovative Thinker, 2008). Boeing management has a written company policy which covers expected ethical business conduct. This code of conduct pertains to all employees, "including subsidiaries, contingent labor, consultants, and others acting for the company" (Boeing, 2010). In 2005, according to The Political Economy Research Institute, Boeing made the list of one "of the largest corporate emitters of toxics in the US" (Baue, 2005). Since Boeing made the list of one of the top 100 culprits, Boeing had a corporate social responsibility to reduce emissions (Baue, 2005).

Analyze at least three factors that influence the company's strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning.

Three factors that influence the company's strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning are economic conditions,