Which of the following types of planning uses a strategic planning process that relates idealistic goals to work strategy?

Hoshin planning, also known as Hoshin Kanri or Policy Deployment, is a strategic planning and management system. Its core purpose is to align a company's functions and activities with its strategic objectives. It achieves this by translating high-level, visionary goals (the "idealistic goals") into specific strategies and actions at all levels of the organization ("work strategy"). This cascading process ensures that daily work is directly contributing to the long-term vision. The methodology often involves a "catchball" process, where goals are discussed and refined between management levels, ensuring buy-in and realistic execution plans.

A. Yoji planning: This is not a recognized or standard term within the domain of quality management or strategic planning.

C. Juran planning: This is not a standard term. Joseph Juran's work focused on the "Quality Trilogy" (planning, control, improvement), which is different from the specific goal-cascading methodology described.

D. Deining planning: This is likely a misspelling of "Deming." While W. Edwards Deming's philosophy is strategic, "Deming planning" is not a formal methodology; his focus was on the PDCA cycle and the System of Profound Knowledge.

1. ASQ Quality Press. (2017). The Certified Quality Engineer Handbook (4th ed.). In Chapter 4

"The Quality System

" the section on Strategic Planning describes Hoshin planning as a system to "ensure that the vision and goals of the company are reflected in the actions of individuals" (p. 4-11).

2. Witcher

B. J.

& Butterworth

R. (2000). Hoshin Kanri: policy management in Japanese-owned UK subsidiaries. Journal of Management Studies

37(5)

651-673. The paper defines Hoshin Kanri as a system for "deploying policy from the top of the company to the bottom" and linking strategic objectives with daily management (p. 652). https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6486.00198

3. Akao

Y. (Ed.). (1991). Hoshin Kanri: Policy Deployment for Successful TQM. Productivity Press. This foundational text explains that Hoshin Kanri is a system for translating a company's vision into a comprehensive plan that is deployed for all to see

understand

and pursue (Chapter 1).