FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
Planning is a process of determination of organization’s objectives and selecting the courses of actions. i.e. Plans for attaining them.
Planning is the primary or basic management function.
Planning Process
Types/Dimensions of Planning
- Corporate Planning : Business product line
- Long term Planning : > 5years
- Short term Planning : 1 year
- Medium term Planning : 2-5 years
- Strategic planning : Long term, corporate planning for dealing with the organization Competitive environment.
- Operational or Tactical Planning : Plans that specified detail operations needed to achieve The overall organizational goals. (Short range planning)
(Administrative Plans)
- Functional Planning : Production, Marketing, Personnel, Finance.
Components/Elements of Planning
Objectives : The basic tools that underline all planning and strategic activities.
Strategy: The Long term action plan to attain objectives.
Policies: These are general statements or understanding that guide or channel thinking in decision making.
Procedure: A Chronological Sequence of steps or actions to be taken to accomplish a Specific task or job.
Method: It is a prescribed way of completing a step in a procedure.
Rules: Specific recored statements that direct what must or must not be done in a Given situation.
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