Business planning promotes growth, not staff cuts

Steps:

• Recall core purposes of business planning: strategic direction, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Evaluate each option against these purposes to identify mismatches.
• Eliminate options that align with planning benefits like decision support and funding.
• Confirm the mismatched option as the one not serving positive planning goals.

Why C is correct:

• Business planning, per strategic management definitions, focuses on long-term viability and efficiency through growth, not on identifying redundancies, which is a tactical HR function for cost reduction.

Why the others are wrong:

• A supports informed decisions by outlining goals and forecasts.
• B reduces conflicts via clear roles and objectives.
• D provides evidence of viability to lenders or investors.

Final answer: C