W. Va. Code R. § 141-31-3-3

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section 141-31-3-3 - PLANNING

a. Planning is a continuous process by which managers select, define, and implement programs and objectives as well as the policies, directives, and procedures for achieving them. To be effective, planning should occupy a large part of the time of the career manager. The manager must decide the type and amount of planning that he will reserve for himself and the quantity and type to be delegated to subordinates. In many instances, the most important plan begins with the decision to delegate proper planning responsibilities to subordinates. Essential to all plans is the clear recognition of the parameter/limitations which the Career Manager must operate and the objectives and scope of his operatin.

b. Planning Objectives: The identification of objectives is an initial step in planning. Objectives indicate where primary emphasis is to be placed and what is to be accomplished. All objectives change from time to time as a result of changing environment or shifts in command policy. A principal objective of a successful career manager should be to provide efficient, timely, and accurate officer personnel management and administration to both the command individual interests.

c. Scope of Planning: Most implicit in all planning activities are the restrictions imposed by regulations, directives of higher headquarters, and the commanders concerned. The scope of operations need not be written in detail but all supervisors must thoroughly understand the limitations within which plans must operate and the framework of the organizations involved both above and below.

d. Type of Plans: All plans are usually divided into categories of times and purpose. Even though plans deal with future events involving situations predictable within a year or a few years at most, the successful career manager, in dealing with the military careers of officers, must be able to plan many years in advance in order to properly guide the individual careers of officers in many various technical fields.

e. Standing Operating Procedures (SOP): This publication becomes the Standing Operating Procedures for implementation of OPMS for all units in the WVARNG. Subordinate headquarters will issue written instructions relating to this SOP in order to properly implement local requirements not specifically covered in this publication. These directives should lend themselves to definite and/or standardized procedures without loss of effectiveness. They must be made available to, and studied by, all personnel concerned with the officer corps career program of the state. They must also allude the following objectives:

(1) Simplify, facilitate, and expedite functions of the WVARNG OPMS.

(2) Relieve Career Managers at all levels of the necessity of repetitious decisions concerning routine procedures.

(3) Clearly define duties and responsibilities of the various functions of all positions involving WVARNG OPMS.

(4) Function as a control device in the timing and scheduling of work flow.

(5) Provide an authoritative reference concerning answering of questions about OPMS in the WVARNG.

(6) Promote teamwork and understanding throughout the system.

W. Va. Code R. § 141-31-3-3