Thursday, February 3, 2011

Purpose of Planning

Planning has many benefits. Planning forces managers to look at the future. Without planning, managers may be too occupied with the day-to-day operation and problems.

With planning managers anticipate future problems while pursuing the goals. This helps to reduce uncertainty.

Planning enables the organisation to direct its resources to make things happen

Planning encourages greater cooperation and coordination among the various groups in the organisation. This improves better utilization of organisational resources.

Planning reduces waste and eliminates duplication of activities.

Planning sets standards that can be used for purpose of controlling.

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