The broadest set of plans developed as a guide for major policy setting and decision making is called a (n) a. management process. b. mission. c. strategic plan. d. objective. e. contingency plan.

Answer: option C

Explanation:

It is strategic to develop a broad set of plan to guide decision making and policies, its about creating a formula to solve a particular problem from a broad set of variable and constants. It is not a management process because management process is an activity and such process is not defined as an activity this is why option A is not the right answer. Option B ' mission', a mission is a plan, a devised plan to achieve a purpose not a guide to policies, option. B is also wrong.

Option D 'objective', is not a plan, it is a goal, the question explains ways to achieve an objective, that is why option D is not the right answer., Option E, contingency, this is a back up plan, should in case plan A fails, we should proceed to plan B,. again this does not explain planned policies for decision making.

So there fore, option C best explains the question.