What is an action plan?

It is a checklist for the task that needs to be completed so that achieving the goals you have set will be
realized.

Proposed action or strategy

Checklist of TASK or goals you want to achieve

Is a detailed document with a description of specified actions that are required to achieve a given goal?

It is a simple and efficient tool to carry out

Planning and monitoring of activities. It establishes What resources are needed as well as how and when
they should be needed always with the aim of achieving this stated goal.

What are the components of an action plan?

The components of the action plan includes: task that need to be carried out to reach the goal, a well
define description of the goal to be achieved, people who will be in charge of carrying out each task
resources needed to be completed.

Why do we need action plan?

The usual questions that arises, why do you need action plan? Actually in business, it plays a vital role
and its essential recispe for success. Based on the surveys, the reason why business fails because they
do not spend much time on developing an action plan. Benjamin Franklin once said: “ Failing to plan is
planning to fail” then why would you not doing this action plan when you know that it is very important
in every endeavor that we have to improve our business to give solution to the problem in our
workplace?

Discussion on the template provided

Objectives

-target goals, must be SMART

What are the purposes of an action plan?

 It keeps you focused on the important things

 It keeps you on track
 It helps you measure your progress
 It motivates you to keep going
 It helps you maintain self-discipline

Note: Without a PLAN you have no focus, and it’s easier to get distracted by things that will not
move you forward toward your goals and action.