Summary Planning Overview

Planning means seeing in advance what is going to be done, that is, it is a desk job in which you must determine what will be done in the future, that is, what you want to achieve. This not only applies in organizations but rather occurs in the course of our lives, since we must from a principle to fix our objectives and our goals well and see by means of which strategy we are going to achieve them over the course of the weather.

In the same way, as administrators, we must always keep planning in mind since through it, organizational objectives can be achieved effectively, making the most appropriate decisions and preventing many uncertain events that would only be problematic for the organization and prevent it from achieving success expected.

Inadequate planning affects the entire organization, affects each and every one of our work areas and our activities. Hence its importance, since it could lead the company to bankruptcy due to a unforeseen or a change that will occur within it and that due to the lack of planning was not known how to act.

Planning allows us to reduce risk levels; make effective and efficient use of available resources and time; and choose, among all the options, the best one in order to optimally achieve the objectives through the least effort, obtaining the maximum utility.

The plans are classified in force, which are the policies or action guides that must be followed within an organization so that it works effectively and the procedures that are the steps that are carried out for the proper performance of the activities labor.
There are also single-use plans that are programs, projects and budgets that are prepared for a single purpose and for a specific period or activity.

I believe that the estimated time for the plans does not vary so much depending on the hierarchical level, because senior managers think long-term about the future of the company, in the levels of competitiveness, in the profits obtained and yet they must also do it in the short term so that the company grows and develops more quickly. In the same way, the operational level must have plans or goals in the short, medium and long term since organizational success will depend on all this.
Always as physical and legal persons, a life plan of our short, medium and long objectives must be elaborated deadline so that they guide us in what we want to achieve over time in an effective and efficient.

I consider that efficiency is doing things well and quickly but taking care of the resources we have, that is, maximizing each and every one of these to obtain greater benefits. Efficiency is simply doing things quickly and well regardless of what is used to achieve it. Therefore you must have a balance between these two to carry out all our plans and activities and to develop strategies with a mixture of both to achieve individual and collective objectives of the best way.
There are several strategies or techniques established within the organizations that will help us achieve what is intended, however, you must be prepared to any incontingency that the external environment presents and actively develop some other action guide or strategy to face it, which would be planning strategic.

In the life of the company, I believe that there are stages, these are the same as those of human life. That is, they are born, grow, mature and, finally, die. And within each one of them there must be plans according to the stage in which they are living. This is like the saying that you cannot run without first walking. A series of requirements must be met to be able to advance in this cycle and develop in it.
In the same way, the structure of the organization is changing, since as the company begins to change To grow and develop you need more employees, or perhaps a job rotation to achieve your goals. objectives.

For all this I consider that reading is very interesting, since it shows us the importance of planning; the clear determination of objectives; the maximization of all resources; the knowledge of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that we have; the functioning of our staff; and the proper decision-making that will allow us to be successful in our organization.