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is the process of determining objectives and organizational goals, establishing strategies for accomplishments those goals and developing. integrating coordinated activities in the organizations to achieve those goals. It is also the crucial and essential part of management.

Planning

It provides direction to all of the organization's human resources; managers and employees; and it reduces uncertainty and minimizes waste of time, effort and resources; and establishing goals and standards during planning may be used for controlling, another managerial function.

Planning is important

are targets that management desires to reach; the desired results or objectives that members in an organization are pursuing.

Goals

are best described as steps and actions that are required to achieve goals.

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can be generally described in terms of Comprehensiveness, length of time covered or time frame, specificity, and frequency of use

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refers to the completeness of planning coverage like plans that cover the entire organization is called strategic plans, up to operational plans that apply to a particular operational area only. The more comprehensive the plan is, the better

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can be short term which is good for one year or less, or may be long term which is up to three years

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refers to very detailed, clearly defined plans where objectives are clearly stated and could easily be understood

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refers to the number of times or instances a plan may be used.

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establish the organization's overall goals and apply to the entire team; The CEO, president or the general manager of the firm are the one responsible for the scope of this plan which is broad in nature.

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are plans that apply only to a particular unit or area and narrow in scope.

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are plans that go beyond three years

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are plans that cover a year or less

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are plans that are flexible or give general guidelines only.

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are plans that are clearly stated and which have no room for interpretation. Language used must be simple and understandable.

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are plans used or stated once only as they apply to the entire organizations.

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are plans that are ongoing or to the identified activities of op- erational plans.

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