MGT 3200 Lecture : Planning Notes
Document Summary
Management"s responsibility is to prepare the organization for unseen days ahead. Planning specifies what is to be accomplished in the future and how it"s to be accomplished. More precisely, the planning function of the management process includes those managerial activities, which determine objectives and the appropriate means for achieving those objectives. It is basically a combination of goal setting and action planning. Planning involves determining where you are now, determining where you would like to be in the future, and determining what should be done to reduce the gap between the two. The gap can be of two types: a problem gap or an opportunity gap. Note: planning as an activity is performed best in a quiet location where a manger can think can reflect with a minimum of interruptions for a couple of hours. Its fundamental purpose is to establish and help achieve organizational objectives.
