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Carol has taught college Finance, Accounting, Management and Business courses and has a MBA
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What is a corrective action plan, and when would you need one? In this lesson we'll
discuss what it is, why it's used, and how to develop one if you need it.
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To understand the corrective action plan process, we'll follow Joe, a sales manager
whose team is not meeting budget. The plan should include the following information:
1. A clear statement of the problem that has been identied. In this situation, the problem is
that sales are below the budgeted amounts. A clear statement might be: 'sales year to date
are $535, 29% below budget.'
2. A statement of the desired situation going forward. Joe has been asked to meet the budget
for the year, so his statement of the desired situation might be: 'sales for the rest of the year
will ramp up rapidly, so that total sales for the year meet the budget of $1,500.'
3. A listing of specic steps that need to be taken to move from the problematic to the desired
state. Each step should list the specic person who is responsible for completing the step,
and a due date of when this work should be completed. This is where Joe needs to develop a
plan for meeting the desired objective, and specify who will complete each step and when
they will be nished.
Here is the list of actions Joe has come up with to improve his team's results and
hopefully meet budget by the end of the year:
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