Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• When defeat comes accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild
those plans and set sail once more towards your coveted goal….Napoleon Hill
• Planning is deciding the best alternative to perform different managerial
operations for achieving predetermined goals…Henri Fayol
• Planning is an important managerial function.
• Plan is like a jigsaw puzzle.
• To bridge the gap between were we are to where we want to be.
• Following observations:
• “Failure to plan is planning to fail”
• “Planning is out line a future course of action in order to achieve an
objective
• “Planning is looking ahead”
• “Planning is getting ready to do something tomorrow”
• “Plan is trap laid down to capture the future”
• A good planning is half job done.
• Purpose/ Importance of Planning- Org. fails not because of
lack of resources but because of failure to Plan.
• To achieve objectives- ask the following question before
yourself:
• The saying that “when a man doesn’t know what harbour
he is making for no wind is the right wind”
• What to do?
• How to do?
• When to do?
• Who is to do?
• What are the resources?
Purpose/ Importance of Planning…contd.