The top management of Clear Chemical Inc. creates a strategic plan to enter new product markets within a period of five years. The company's middle management creates six-month plans to ensure that the objectives of the strategic plan are properly implemented. Along with these plans, each department creates short-term plans that specify the actions to be taken by specific employees and teams to meet the objectives of the strategic plan and the six-month plans. These short-term plans established at the departmental level are referred to as

Operational plans

Explanation:

Operational plans are those created by the lower level management in order to enable them to reach the goals established by the middle level management above them.

This is the way a business works. The top level management comes up with strategic plans that are to lead the company forward. The middle level management comes up with tactical plans to meet those strategic plans and the lower level management comes up with operational plans to meet those tactical plans.

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