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process for accomplishing purpose the

management of the organization's future in

an uncertain environment

Planning premises Systematic & logical estimate for future

factors affecting planning

IMPORTANCE Well organised planning can be done

Risk of uncertainty reduces

Risk of flexibility reduces

Co-ordination becomes effective

Increase in profitability

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PLANNING is also a management process,

concerned with defining goals for future

organizational performance and deciding on

the tasks and resources to be used in orderto attain those goals.

To meet the goals, managers may develop

plans such as a business plan or a marketing

plan. Planning always has a purpose. Thepurpose may be achievement of certain goals

or targets.

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The planning helps to achieve these goals or

target by using the available time and

resources.

To minimize the timing and resources alsorequire proper planning.

The concept of planning is to identify what

the organization wants to do by using the

four questions which are "where are we today in terms of our business or

strategy planning?

Where are we going?. . .Where do we want to go?. .

How are we going to get there?..."

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It is a blue print of business growth and a road mapof development.

The conscious, systematic process of makingdecisions about goals and activities to be pursued inthe future.

It helps in deciding objectives both in quantitativeand qualitative terms.

It is setting of goals on the basis of objectives andkeeping in view the resources.

It predicts what the future should look like.

Formal procedures used in such an endeavor, such asthe creation of documents, diagrams, or meetings todiscuss the important issues to be addressed, theobjectives to be met, and the strategy to be followed.

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Strategic plans organization wide, establish

overall objectives, and position the

organization with relation to its

environment.Operational Plans - specify details on how

individual objectives are to be achieved.

y Plans may be long-term or short-term, directional orspecific.

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Organizational level

Life cycle of the organization

Environmental uncertainty

Length of future commitments

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Planning that proves inaccurate is a waste of

management's time.

Planning can eliminate change.

Planning reduces flexibility.

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Foundation of planning

Objectives should be specific, attainable, yet

challenging.

Hierarchy of objectivesy Vision

y Mission

y Goals

y Objectivesy Policies

y Procedures

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Is the objective appropriate for the library at

this time?

Does it take the organization in the directionit wants to go?

Does it support the overall mission of the

library?

Is it compatible and complementary with theother objectives?

Is it acceptable and understandable to the

majority who will be charged with

implementing it? Is it affordable for the organization?

Is it measurable and achievable?

Is it ambitious enough to be challenging?

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Identify current mission, goals, values

----- Environmental assessment

-----Strategic goal setting and elaboration

-----Development of operational plans & budgets

----- Implementation

---- Evaluation & Feedback.

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Environmental scanning and forecasting

SWOT analysis

Benchmarking

Operations research

Standards and guidelines

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MBO is a system in which specific

performance objectives are jointly

determined by subordinates and their

superiors, progress toward objectives isperiodically reviewed, and rewards are

allocated on the basis of this progress.