Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Sep. 2009
When we have to carry out an activity, either personally or at work, which is important per se and which involves various people and aspects it is essential that we organize it with some time in advance because in this way we will be fine prepared for contingencies, for example, and also because that preparation with time will undoubtedly be essential to go through it successfully.
Following this methodology work we can have more visible all the issues involved in the game and we can also avoid a headache, either by underestimating or enlarging some aspect.
It is designated with the term of planning to the action and effect of planning, which is popularly called and known as drawing a plan.
Planning, the surest way to meet the proposed objectives
Always, the fact that a planning arises will imply that someone, an individual, a group or a company, has one or more objectives to be met and achieved along with the actions required so that these objectives can be achieved satisfactorily.
In addition to the effective and correct fulfillment of the goals, the planning will have the mission of organizing those objectives that are proposed, because of course, when there is more than one objective and an action to be deployed, it is advisable to be as ordered as possible so that the road is paved and better profiling.
It is law that planning will go from the simplest to the most complex, depending on the means used to carry it out.
As planning is also a decision-making process, planning is made up of several stages.
First, the problem will have to be identified, once this aspect is clarified, the development of alternatives will continue, stage in which emphasis will be placed on selecting the most convenient alternative that will certainly lead to success and once has identified the problem with the best alternative to solve it, the effective execution of the plan can be implemented in question.
Planning is an activity that can be carried out in one sense and with very broad scopes, or more reduced, affecting only one person.. Because for example, a plan can be put into practice by an individual with the aim of solving some kind of daily question... A person who must arrive early to employ him for some reason, commonly what he does is draw up a plan in which to define how to get there early, that is, he will evaluate certain alternatives such as, the schedule and the traffic situation at that time to later decide if the best thing would be to go on foot, by bus, by car or by cab.
But, on the other hand, a planning can be put into practice as we said on a much broader level, such as at the behest of a multinational company, involving many people and with long-term objectives, not as immediate as the case that raised more above.
Types of planning and kinds of attitudes that are taken towards it
According to the time involved, then, planning may be short, long or medium term, meanwhile, if we take into account its specificity and frequency of use, we will be faced with a specific, technical or permanent planning and if what is considered is its amplitude, it can be divided into operational, normative, tactical or strategic.
In addition, what will be decisive during the planning process is the attitude What can it be? reactive (the actions are focused on monitoring the current state of the organization), active (the actions are aimed at keeping the organization current) or interactive (focused on getting future control of it).
Most common uses and applications of planning
The fields in which planning can be applied are certainly many and diverse, among them we can mention: economy, government, education, business and engineering and especially it will be in those that require long-term actions.
Then, areas such as the company, which do or do need to obtain benefits to last, must plan in advance everything that they undertake. Expenses, investments, the time it takes to recover the investments, the credits, among others, are all questions that must be included in planning in order to organize in the best possible way and also to be prepared against the contingencies that arise.
And in another instance in which it is hyper useful is in the educational field since in this many factors how to be: contents, work strategies, teaching methods, resources and activities, and then planning brings order and organization over time.
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