MEANING
OF PLANNING
Planning
is the important and primary function of management. It sets all other
functions into action. It is the beginning of process of management. A manager
must plan before coming in action. It is concerned in deciding in advance what
to do? How to do? When to do? Why to do? Where to do? And who to do? And
answering all these questions depends upon intelligence. Planning is a fully
mental work.
Planning
is the conscious process selecting and developing the best course of action to
accomplish an objective. It is the process of deciding in advance what is to be
done .it also involves the selection of objectives, policies, procedures and
programs from among alternatives. It also includes selecting purposes and
objectives of the actions to achieve them.
Planning requires decision-making that is choosing from among
alternative future course of action.
Planning
is thus
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Planning is concerned with future and it helps the management to look ahead.
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It involves thinking about organization’s prosperity and helps analysis of
information.
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It involves a predetermined course of action.
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It specifies the objectives to be attained in future.
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It is basically a problem of choosing from the alternative courses of action.
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It relates with thinking before doing.
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It involves both decision making and problem solving.
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Its objective is to achieve better results.
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