Planning involves determining future courses of action by deciding what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who will do it. It consists of selecting objectives, policies, programs, and procedures to achieve desired results. Planning bridges the gap from the present to the future by anticipating, influencing, and controlling the nature and direction of change. There are different types of plans, including operational plans, that help achieve objectives through decision making processes and organizing.
Planning involves determining future courses of action by deciding what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who will do it. It consists of selecting objectives, policies, programs, and procedures to achieve desired results. Planning bridges the gap from the present to the future by anticipating, influencing, and controlling the nature and direction of change. There are different types of plans, including operational plans, that help achieve objectives through decision making processes and organizing.
Planning involves determining future courses of action by deciding what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who will do it. It consists of selecting objectives, policies, programs, and procedures to achieve desired results. Planning bridges the gap from the present to the future by anticipating, influencing, and controlling the nature and direction of change. There are different types of plans, including operational plans, that help achieve objectives through decision making processes and organizing.
Planning involves determining future courses of action by deciding what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who will do it. It consists of selecting objectives, policies, programs, and procedures to achieve desired results. Planning bridges the gap from the present to the future by anticipating, influencing, and controlling the nature and direction of change. There are different types of plans, including operational plans, that help achieve objectives through decision making processes and organizing.
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Planning Definition
•Planning as a process involves the determination of future
course of action, that is why an action, what action, how to take action, and when to take action. These are related with different aspects of planning process.
•Terry has defined planning in terms of future course of action
i.e., “planning is the selection and relating of facts and making and using of assumptions regarding the future in the visualization and formalization of proposed activities believed necessary to achieve desired result.” McFarland has defined Planning as “a concept of executive action that embodies the skills of anticipating, influencing and controlling the nature and direction of change.”
•In the words of Koontz and O’Donnell ,“planning is
deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who is to do it. Planning bridges the gap from where we are to here we want to go.”
•According to Theo Haimann , “planning is the function that
determines in advance what should be done. It consists of selecting the enterprise objectives polices, programmes, procedures and other means of achieving these objectives.” Nature of Planning Types of Plans Types of Operational Plans Objectives Setting Objectives Decision Making Process ORGANIZING Management by Exception (MBE was propounded by: Frederick Winslow Taylor)1964 Management by exception (MBE) is a practice where only significant deviations from a budget or plan are brought to the attention of management. The idea behind it is that management's attention will be focused only on those areas in need of action. (MBE) is a practice where only significant deviations from a budget or plan are brought to the attention of management. The idea behind it is that management's attention will be focused only on those areas in need of action.