Thursday 21 January 2016

Advantages of Bottom up Planning

Advantages of Bottom up Planning

In case of bottom up planning data is collected and analysed at lower tier of management .The plans/ suggestions are formulated and forwarded to top management  for formal approval and implementation. Top management set plans on recommendations of lower tier of management. There are number of advantages of bottom up planning which have been explained below;

1.    Realistic Plans


Bottom up planning helps in formulating realistic plan for the organization. Operation manager has more information & knowledge about grounds realities, therefore their inputs are really helpful for defining realistic & achievable targets.

2.    Sense of Responsibility


Bottom up planning helps promote a sense of responsibility among lower tier of management. They take ownership of plans formulated on their recommendations. They will make a full effort to achieve the goals set by themselves.

3.    Self Monitoring


Bottom up planning serves as self monitoring tool for the employees to achieve the target set by them. Therefore there is no need to monitor the performance of the lower management.  Thus bottom up planning improves overall efficiency level of organization and reduces the need of supervision or monitoring.

4.     Problems with Solution


In bottom up planning problems comes with well defined solutions. People facing the problem always have some good solutions to solve these problems. This will save management time for finding the solutions of problems faced by employees.

5.    Decisions Options


Bottom up planning provides number of option to the management for decision making and planning. Some options are in the mind of management and some options are provided by lower tier of management.

6.    Collective Wisdom


Bottom up planning is a kind of collective wisdom. World recognized that collective wisdom provides better grounds for decision making.

7.    Improved Communication


In Bottom up planning, a lot of communication is happening between lower and top tiers of management. This communication is healthy for the organization in number of ways i.e. problems identifications, healthy environment, team building etc.




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