IB Business Management HL - 1.5. Organizational planning tools

Decision tree

To quantify the alternative outcomes of any decision, combining the likelihood of an outcome and the loss/gain.

Fishbone diagram

A visual tool that identifies successive layers of causes that could potentially contribute to an effect or problem

Force-field analysis

A framework for looking at the factors (forces) that influence a movement toward a goal.

Driving or helping forces

Forces that promote movement toward a goal.

Restraining or hindering forces

Forces blocking movement toward a goal.

Gantt chart

a bar-chart showing how tasks in a project or production process can be sequenced over time