Meaning
It means determining what is to be done, how, when and by whom it is to be done. It lays down and object to pursuit and chalks out a specific course of action to achieve it. It is the first step in the management process concerned with establishment of objectives and goals to be attained in the future in the light of an analysis of present limitations for attaining such goals with a views to their removal or reduction, anticipation and designing the course of action and programmes for attaining such pre-determined goals.
Definition
“Planning is the selecting and relating of facts and the making and using of assumptions regarding the future in the visualization to achieve desire results.”
GEORGE TERRY
“Planning is deciding advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it, who is to do it. It bridges the gap form where we are, to where we want to go. It makes it possible for things to occur which would not otherwise happen.”
KOONTZ & O’DONNEL
“Planning is the thinking process, the organized, foresight, the vision based on facts and experience that is required for intelligent action.”
ALFORD & BEATTY
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