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Faizan Amjad 18550920-014
Ahmed Shafeeq 18550920-067
Aqib Arshad 18550920-075
Adnan Ali 18550920-078
PLANNING
A plan is a predetermined course of action which
provides purpose and direction of an
organization.
Planning is foreseeing future circumstances and
requirements, then, setting objectives, making
long and short term plans and determining the
policies to be followed with standards to be set.
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• It involves making a systematic process for achieving
the organization’s goals.
• In planning, managers receive and store information,
monitor and disseminate the information.
• A manager makes decisions on strategy and allocation
of resources and initiate planned changes
• Strategic planning is the process of developing and
analyzing the organizations mission, overall goals,
general strategies and allocating resources.
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Strategy and Goals
• A strategy –is a course of action created
to achieve a long – term goal.
• Goals –are the things that the
organization strives to achieve.
• Strategic planning requires a lot of
information gathering, exploring
alternatives and emphasizing future
implications of its current decisions. 4
Steps in planning
1. Define the organization‘s mission and vision.
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3. Setting goals and objectives
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4. Develop a strategy.
Information collected from the environmental scan
is used to:
Match strengths with opportunities and address
weaknesses while trying to minimize threats to
its existence.
Make superior profits by getting a competitive
advantage over competitors.
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5. Implementation of strategy.
Strategy is implemented by developing
programs, budgets and procedures.
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6. Evaluating and control
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References
1. Kibera,F.N(1996). Introduction to business: A
Kenya perspective, Nairobi: Kenya literature
Bureau PP 104-114
2. Koontz,H and Weihrich,H. (1988).
Management, Ninth edition. New York:
McGraw-Hill book company
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