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Prepare a response in which you address the following for Boeing.

1) Evaluate the planning function of management.

2) Analyze the impact that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management planning. Give examples for each.

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

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1. Planning function of management - This is a general question the professor is asking to ensure that you know what management is. It also sets the stage for the paper. A management plan allows the company/business to develop focus and shows how the business is going to accomplish its goals. This results in the strategic, tactical and then operational plans. In this case, Boeing has to determine how they will accomplish their overarching goal of creating and maintaining an international aerospace company for both military and commercial customers.

2. Impact of legal, ethic & social responsibility issues on management planning: This is a neat thing to think about. Each organization will be different in this regard. Boeing is a very interesting subject in that they are a very large and dominating company with a lot of responsibility to consumers as well as a very large employee base. Below I've given you several different things to think about in regards to the impact of planning based on the issues above. You will want to take some of them (as well as any of your own thoughts) and further develop them. Hopefully, this will give you somewhere to start.

a. Legal issues: You have to plan for the international aspect of the company. What regulations do you follow? The FAA is only a US entity. What ...

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