1. Understanding challenge. No planning is without reason. It
is often a reaction to new circumstances or preparation for a situation seen as
possible in the future. Whatever the case, a good appreciation of the
challenges gives a firm start to planning.
Challenges in business include how
to take full advantage of an opportunity, overcome a problem or avoid it, and
simply plot a course of operation.
2. Setting objectives. Understanding well the situation
calling for planning is followed by setting clearly-defined objectives which
act as the specific targets to aim at.
3. Weighing objectives relative to environment. A situation analysis is
done to decide how different factors, internal and external, favour or do not
favour achievement of the objectives.
4. Making alternative plans. Different plans are formulated as
possible routes. A key ingredient of this stage is providing for acquisition of
resources that are likely to make attaining the goals possible, as suggested by
step 3.
5. Choosing best plan. The best of the alternative plans
is now selected.
6. Reviewing stages 1 to 5. A scrutiny of steps 1 to 5 is done
to minimise chances of major errors or omissions.
7. Applying plan.The adopted plan is now carried out.
Rupert Chimfwembe
1 December, 2016
1 December, 2016
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