PLANNING

TECHNICAL
ACTIVITIES
 A plan , which is the output of planning, provides a
methodical way of achieving desired results.

 PLANNING DEFINED
◦ According to Nickels and others, “the management
function that involves anticipating future trends and
determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve
an organizational objectives”

◦ Aldag and Stearns, “the

selection and sequential ordering
of tasks required to achieve an organizational goal”

“deciding what will be done who will do

◦ Cole and Hamilton,
it, where, when and how it will be done, and the
standards to which it will be done”
 PLANNING AT VARIOUS MANAGEMENT LEVELS
◦ Top Management Level – strategic planning
◦ Middle Management Level – intermediate planning
◦ Lower Management Level – operational planning

MANAGEMENT LEVEL PLANNING HORIZON

Chief Executive
Top Management Strategic Planning
Officer,
Presidents, Vice (1-10 years)
Presidents,
General Manager,
Division Heads
Middle Management Intermediate Planning
Functional Managers,
Product Line (6 months – 2 years)
Managers,
Department Heads

Unit Managers
Lower Management Operational planning
First Line Managers
(1 week – 1 year)
 The Planning Process
◦ setting organizational, divisional or unit goals
◦ developing strategies or tactics to reach those goals
◦ determining sources needed
◦ setting the standards

Organizational level example of goal

 COMPANY to attain a return

on investment of 25%
Buenavista Construction Corporation

to increase the number

DIVISION of projects undertaken by
the company
Project Management Division

to increase the number

UNIT
of project engineers
Personnel services unit
 Types Of Plans
◦ Functional Area of Plans
 Marketing Plan
 Production Plan
 Financial Plan
 Human Resource Management Plan
◦ Plans with Time Horizon
 Short-range Plan
 Long-range Plan
◦ Plans according to Frequency Of Use
 Standing Plans – policies, procedures and rules
 Single use plan- budget, programs and Projects
 Parts of the Various Functional Area Plans
◦ The content of the marketing plan
◦ The content of the production plan
◦ The content of financial plan
◦ The content of human resource plan

 Parts of the Strategic Plan

◦ Company or corporate missions
◦ Objective or goals
◦ strategies
ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!!