Planning

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Planning
  1. Importance of planning
    1. It provides a means for managers to participate in decision making for goals.
      1. It is necessary to provide the organisation with a sense of direction.
        1. it helps with coordinate the functions of the various organisational structures
        2. Steps in the planning process
          1. 1. Opportunity Awareness: diagnosing the organisations current capablities.
            1. 2. Establishing goals: its provides direction to the organisational goals
              1. 3. Drwaing up premises: what futures are exepected to occur.
                1. 4. Developing various courses of action: alternate ways to achieve goal.
                  1. 5. Evaluating alternatives: in step 4 needs checked including factors
                    1. 6. Selecting a course of action: results from Step 5.
                      1. 7. Formulative Derivative plans: drawing plans which support the initial plan.
                        1. 8. Budgeting: establish resources to achieve goals of the organisations.
                        2. Barriers to effective planning:
                          1. A Number of barriers to effective planning
                            1. Lack of Environmental knowledge
                              1. Lack of organisational knowledge
                                1. Reluctance to establish goals
                                  1. Resistance to change
                                    1. Time and Expense
                                    2. they can be overcome by:
                                      1. Top management's commitment to planning process the provisional effective long term plans
                                        1. Management should recognise the limitations of planning and understand to thta plans will require adjustments ongoing basis
                                          1. Management should ensure effective communication of organisational plans at all levels.
                                            1. The Benefits of a contingency planning should recognised by organisations.
                                          2. Planning Tools
                                            1. PERT (Programme Evalution & Review Technique)
                                              1. aids with planning of projects through establishing a network of the project tasks
                                              2. Forecasting
                                                1. provides projections into the future conditions based on current and historical information
                                                2. Budgeting
                                                  1. is plan dealt for the future.
                                                  2. Scheduling
                                                    1. a Gantt chart serves to break a project down into smaller tasks.
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