Feature, Process and 6 P's of Planning

1. PLANNING
General
Management- 2
Ms. Soumya
Singhal

2. MEANING
“Planning is deciding in advance what to do,
how to do it, where to do it and who is to do
it. Planning bridges the gap from where we
want to go. It makes possible for things to
occur while would not otherwise happen.” –
Koontz and o’ Donnell.
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3. PLAN vs.
PLANNING
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○ PLAN
Plans are the
documentation of
planning.
Plan is a blueprint
which specifies
resource allocation,
schedules, actions
necessary for
attaining goals.
○ PLANNING
It is an active way of
discussing the goals,
objectives, strategies
and tasks that we need
to accomplish.

4. 1.
CHARACTERISTICS
OF PLANNING

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6. 2. PROCESS OF
PLANNING

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PLANNING
PROCESS

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Let’s
Understand
Types of
Plans

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10. 3. TYPES OF
BREADTH
PLANS

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Operational
Plans
Tactical
Plans
Strategic
Plans
Designed with the goals of the entire organisation as
a whole in Mind.
Tactics are the means needed to activate a strategy
and make it work
The specific results expected from departments,
work groups, and individuals

12. 4. TYPES OF
PLANS ON
FREQUENCY

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Policies- General guidelines to be followed when
making decisions
Procedures- A sequence of actions to be followed in
order to achieve an objective
Rules- A statement of exactly what should or should
not be done
STANDING PLAN

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Budgets- It outlines the expected results of a given
future period in numerical terms
Programs- It clearly spells the steps to be taken,
resources to be used and the time period within
which the task is to be achieved.
Projects- It helps in precise allocation of duties and
effective control and easy implementation of the
plan
SINGLE-USE PLAN

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Purpose
Philosophy
Promises
Plans
Policy
Priority
6 P’s

18. 6 P’s of
Planning
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○ Purpose-There should be clear understand
regarding the purposes for which planning has to be
done.
○ Philosophy- It mentions the beliefs regarding the
ways in which the purpose of the organization can
be achieved.
○ Promise- It is the evaluation of the organizational
strengths and weaknesses that are based on the
knowledge as well as the assumptions regarding the
environment.

19. 6 P’s of
Planning
(Contd…)
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○ Policies- Policies can be described as the general
statements that provide guidance to the workforce
of the organization.
○ Plans- It can be described as the objectives as well as
the action statements.
○ Priorities-The resources available to the
organization like the capital, personal and material
are always limited and therefore these resources
have to be allocated according to the priorities that
have been decided by the organization.

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