Which of the following is NOT a benefit of planning? Employees put forth greater effort when following a plan Planning leads employees to work hard for long periods Planning leads to quick adaptation in dynamic environments Planning encourages the development of task strategies

Answer: Employees put forth greater effort when following a plan

Explanation: This is not rigid or compulsory that the employees will increase their efforts while following a plan. The planning could also result as hindrance in innovation of the employees leading to a rigid and non flexible framework of operations.

Planning does gives an organisation a direction to move on but sometimes but it does not guarantee that employees in the organisation will put greater effort.

Hence first statement is the answer.