PLANNING IN MANAGEMENT

PLANNING IN MANAGEMENT

  22:20    Rahul R

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Planning is deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it and who is to do it.

Definitions based on futurity

•         Planning is a trap laid down to capture the future – Allen

•         Planning is deciding in advance what is to be done in future – Koontz

•         Planning is informed anticipation of future – Haimann

•         Planning is anticipatory decision making – R L Ackoff

•         Planning is a thinking process, an organized foresight, a vision based on fact and experience that is required for intelligent action – Alford and Beatty

Features of Planning

•         Goal oriented

•         Primary function

•         All – pervasive

•         Mental exercise

•         Continuous process & Planning involves choice

•         Forward looking

•         Flexible

•         Integrated process

•         Planning includes efficiency and effectiveness dimensions

Features of a good plan

–        Have a clear goal

–        Be simple

–        Be amenable for proper analysis and classification of actions

–        Be flexible

–        Be balanced

–        Provide for optimum use of resources

Planning Questions

•         Where are we now?

•         Where do we want to be?

•         Gap?

•         How can we get there from here?