Planning and taking action

Running Head : PLANNING AND TAKING ACTION

Planning and Taking Action

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indicate the academic institution here Polarity management is a strategy of how to shift from concentrating on one pole as the problem and the other pole as the solution to considering the importance of both . It helps to differentiate workplace problems that can be solved and cannot be solved . The aim of the polarity management is to attain the best of both poles while avoiding the limits of each pole

. It is utilized for acknowledging understanding , and managing complex problems . The effective management of polarities is required to solve modes of thinking that are not appropriate to the new real situations . It also helps lessen the negative effects while taking advantage of positive effects . Polarity management can only be applied if problems are still existing and the two poles are interdependent

One problem in managing an organization or a company is planning and action . If planning is selected as a solution and taking action is neglected , an organization or a company attains the negative effects of planning alone : failure to implement plans , lack of accomplishment , and failure to learn from acting (Johnson , 1992 . If taking action is selected as a solution to the problem and planning is neglected , an organization or a company achieves the downside of action alone : more mistakes and waste , lack of direction , and difficulty in achieving coordination (Johnson , 1992 . Both planning and...