planning
Definition
Basic management function involving formulation of one or more detailed plans to achieve optimum balance of needs or demands with the available resources. The planning process (1) identifies the goals or objectives to be achieved, (2) formulates strategies to achieve them, (3) arranges or creates the means required, and (4) implements, directs, and monitors all steps in their proper sequence.
planning is in the Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership and Planning & Scheduling subjects.
planning appears in the definitions of the following terms:
employee involvement,
human resource management (HRM),
non-executive director,
means ends analysis (MEA),
staff function,
procurement,
strategy,
business continuity planning (BCP),
Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC),
transition management
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