Margot Smithfield has requested you, based on the course materials you have studied the past seven weeks related to Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling, to briefly discuss $($supported by course materials. in$-$text citations, and references$)$ the major impact this pandemic will have on Smithfield Custom Furniture's Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling functions. You can assume a vaccine will be available and distributed worldwide $18$ months from the start of the pandemic.

After you have discussed the major impact the pandemic will have on the company's Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling functions, you must indicate for each of those functions the most significant action the company will need to take to ensure its survival, assuming the pandemic's effects will last $18$ months.

Format for Your Initial Post

You must use the exact numbers and their corresponding headings for your initial post. You are required to use when appropriate in$-$text citations and a reference list.

$1.$ Pandemic: Major Effects on Planning for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

$1$A: Pandemic: Most Significant Planning Action for Company

$2.$ Pandemic: Major Effects on Organizing for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

$2$A: Pandemic: Most Significant Organizing Action for Company

$3.$ Pandemic: Major Effects on Leading for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

$3$A: Pandemic: Most Significant Leading Action for Company

$4.$ Pandemic: Major Effects on Controlling for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

$4$A: Pandemic: Most Significant Controlling Action for Company