Consider this hypothetical exercise:

$($a$)$ Your mine's senior management believes that you have the potential to excel in any position offered to you. You have been allowed to choose any position within the mine. Based on your understanding of the abovementioned responsibilities, which position would you choose, and why?

$($b$)$ Discuss ways in which the performance of these responsibilities can be enhanced.

$($c$)$ Motivate the inclusion of planning as a management function. Is it in fact important? Refer to your examples from the mining or minerals context to substantiate your answer.

$($d$)$ Give brief examples of how some forms of planning listed above are carried out in your mining organisation and how you would improve it$.$