BSCE ELECTIVE 2
DEFINITIONS OF PLANNING
According to Terry,
H. Fayol says,
HISTORY OF
PLANNING
AND
SCHEDULING
FREDERICK WINSLOW
TAYLOR
was the founder of modern scientific
management.
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engineer
was
and
Output phase
1. Time status report
2. Revised schedules
3. Revised Bar Charts/ Arrow Diagram
4. Revised resource analysis
5. Revised cash flow predictions
6. Cost status reports
Impacts
of
Personal
Computers
1. Primary of Planning
The functions of management
includes:
Planning
Organizing
staffing
directing and
Controlling
2. An intellectual
activity
Planning involves choosing the proper course of
action from among alternatives & calls for
decision-making which is an intellectual process
Change in environment bring opportunities, and
involved risk as well.
It is the task of planner to take advantage of
opportunities and minimize the risk.
3. A continuous
function
Management is a dynamic process
and planning as its function cannot
be an exception to it.
plans beget a number of sub-plans
and since plans have to be revised in
the light of changing environment,
planning becomes a continuous
4. Planning is flexible
while planning, any one of the
available alternatives is selected.
Planning selects the best
alternatives based on certain
assumptions.
Planning requires
decisions concerning:
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Differences Between
Planning And Scheduling
ELEMENTS OF PLANING
- According to the usage and nature
of planning, components of planning
or elements of planning are divided
into the following categories:
1.Purposes or Mission
-Every company or a organized group activity has a
purpose of business in generally the production and
distribution of Economics goods and services. It is
difficult to establish meaningful plans unless an
organization has a clear and definite mission at a
business.
2. Objectives
- It represent the end towards which all other activities
of management are directed. Objectives must be
clearly defined and properly communicated.
3.Policies
-Policies are guide to think in decision-making. It lays
down the course of action selected to guide &
determine present and future decisions.
4. Procedures
-Every plan must also lay down the procedures or way in
which it is to be implemented, specifying the chronological
sequence for the future activities.
5. Budgets
-Budget is a single use plan containing expected results
in the numerical terms. Budget making is primarily a
planning process where as its primarily a planning process
where as its administration is part of controlling.
The Cost
and
Benefits
of
Planning
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PLANNING PROCESS