Developing plans is influenced by three contingency factors,”o Organizational level. Lower-level managers do operational planning while upper-level managers do strategic planning.o Degree of environmental uncertainty. When uncertainty is high, plans should be specific

Developing plans is influenced by three contingency factors,”o Organizational level. Lower-level managers do operational planning while upper-level managers do strategic planning.o Degree of environmental uncertainty. When uncertainty is high, plans should be specific

but flexible. Managers must be prepared to change/amend plans as they’reimplemented.o Length of future commitments. Commitment concept – Plans should extend far enough to meet those commitments made when the plans were developed.”