Planning
Introduction
Planning,
according to business dictionary can be defined as a basic management function
involving formulation of one or more detailed plans to achieve optimum balance
of needs or demands with the available resources .The planning process identifies
the goals or objectives to be achieved, formulates strategies to achieve them
arrange and creates the means required.
According
to Business Jargons planning is the fundamental management function which
improves deciding beforehand what to be done when is it to be done, how it is to
be done and who is going the action takes place.
Monitoring
,is the systematic prices of collecting analyzing and using information to
track a programme's toward reaching its objectives and to guide management
decisions .Monitoring is conducted after a programme has begun and contains through
the programme implementation period.Frankel and Goge 2007
Evaluation
is the systematic assessment of the activity project programme strategy policy
topics theme sector operational area institutions performance. Evaluation
focuses on expected and achieved accomplishments. Planning Dunn 2009 ,Frunkel
and Gage 2007
Planning
is the one of the most important aspect of management. A perfect plan can
increase profit to their optimum levels. When it comes to making plans one must
keep several things in mind .The followings are the components of planning based
on monitoring and evaluation
Mission,
this is the first component of planning, the mission of an organization
basically dictates its fundamental purposes. It describes what exactly it wants
to achieve .The mission may be either written or implicitly from the organization
functioning. The mission statement describes who products and customers of a
business are.
Objectives
represent the end results which an organization aims to reach. We can refer to
it as goals or targets. Not just planning but all functions of business
management begin with the setting of objectives. Managers of a business should
lay down their objectives clearly and precisely. They must consider their
mission and values before setting their goals.
Policies
is another important components of planning are basically statements of
understanding or course of action. They guide the decision making proves for
all activities of organization .Consequently they impose limits on the scope of
decisions, policies should never be too rigid because the excessively limits functioning.
Procedures is another important component of planning, they describes the most
manner in which something has to be done. They basically guide actions for activities
that manager and employees perform procedures also include step by step
methods.
Budget
are plans that express expected results in numerical terms. Whenever an organization
expects to do something it can make a budget to decide on its target. Most
activities targets and decisions require budgeting. For example an income
budget shows expected financial results and profit .
Programme
,is nothing but the outline of a broad objective .It contains a series of
methods procedures and policies that the organization needs to implement .In
other words it includes many other component of planning for example a business
may has a diversification programme.
Strategies
refer to minute plans of action this aims to achieve specific requirements
.Proper implementation of strategies leads to the achievement of the requisite
goals .The nature of an organizations values and missions will determine how
will strategize.
So planning is very important to any project
simply because through planning the certain project can be performed properly.
Planning helps the certain people to complete the certain project at a specific
time. Planning helps people to identify what needed at the certain projects and
what should be done in order to complex at the specific time. Through planning
the certain project will be performed properly .But planning in projects can be
failed due to various reasons like lack of awareness few fund, embisornment, conflict
at the certain area, miss location of projects and lack of cooperation.
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