Difinition OF Planning by Author

According to koontz and oDonnell 

  "planning is deciding in advance what is to be done .when a manager

plans,he project a course of action and basing of decision on purpose,

knowledge and considered estimates''.

According to louis A.Allen 

    ''Defines a plan '' is a trap laid to capture the future''

According to w.H.Newman 

''planning is deciding in advance what is to be done''

According  to Omran,

  ''planning is the process by which an individual 

or organisation decides in advance on some future 

course of  action .

According to Certo 

  ''planning is the process of determining how the 

organisation can get where it wants to go .

According to Urwick 

  ''planning is a mental predisposition to do 

thing in orderly way,to think before acting 

and to act in the light of facts rather than 

guesses''. planning is deciding best 

alternative managerial function in order to 

achieve predetermined goals.

According to Mc farland 

  ''planning ma be broadly define as a concept 

of executive action that embodies the skill of anticipating 

influencing of change.''

According to allen 

  ''A plan is a trap laid to capture the future .''

According to G.R. Terry 

  ''planning is the selection and relating of facts and making and using 

of assumption regarding the future in the visualization and formalization 

of proposed activities believed necessary to achieve desired result.''