Management Planning
Planning is essential for any business that wants to succeed because failing to have a plan is planning to fail. For a manager it is vital that they be able to run their department efficiently and effectively to keep up with the plans that have been established from upper management. Planning is the only way that one can ensure that all goals are meet in a timely manner and that departments within an organization are up to par with the vision and mission that an organization stands for. In this paper I will discuss planning along with the different levels of planning at the different levels of management and why managers should be prepared for all aspects of the ups and downs that a business may face.
Planning is the ongoing process of developing the business' mission and objectives and determining how they will be accomplished. Planning includes both the broadest view of the organization, e.g., its mission, and the narrowest, e.g., a tactic for accomplishing a specific goal. (Erven, 1994). Planning allows managers the ability to identify the goals of an organization and take the appropriate steps toward achieving those goals. There are three steps in the planning process that managers should take to ensure that they are using the planning process correctly. These steps are determining which goals to pursue, how to go about attaining these goals, and what resources need to be allocated to attain the goals that have been set. The planning function of management determines how effective and efficient an organization operates.
There are different levels of planning for the different levels of management in every organization. Most organization have three levels of managem ...