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BR. NATH PAI NURSING EDUCATION & RESEARCH

ACADEMY, KUDAL.
BR NATH PAI COLLEGE OF NURSING KUDAL.
. SUBJECT :- MANAGEMENT OF NURSING
SERVICES & EDUCATION.
SEMINAR ON :-
PLANNING
SUBMITTED TO :- SUBMITTED BY :-
Mrs.bhandari mam Mr. Chetan Bapu Bondre
4rth year BBsc nursing
Br nath pai college of nursing,
kudal.
PLANNING....
INTRODUCTION
• Planning is important for socioeconomic development.
• Planning is essentially a process of making choice between
available alternatives at all level of decision making.
• It is excercise of intelligence to deal with facts and solutions as
they are find a way to solve problems
• Planning is one of the major fundamental element of
administration.
• For example, Architecture
ARCHITECTURE
MEANING...

• .In simple words, planning is deciding in advance

what is to be done,when ,where,how and by whom
it isto be done.
• A plan is a predetermined cource of action to
achieve a specific goal.
• It is an intellectual process characterized by
thinking before doing.
DEFINITION OF PLANNING
1.“ Planning is a process of determining the objectives of
administrative effort and devising the means calculated to
achieve them ”
....By millet
2.“ Planning is a continuous process of making entrepreneurial
decisions systematically and with the best possible knowledge
for their future,organizing systematically the effort needed to
carry out these decisions and measuring the results of the
decisions against expectations through systematic feedback”
....By Drucker
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANNING :-
PRIMACY :-
• Planning is the first and foremost activity of
managerial function
• Management starts with planning
• It gives base for other functions such as organizing,
staffing,directing,controlling.
PLANNING IS A PROCESS :-
Planning is a process of management,which starts with
identification of mission and goals of the organization and ends
with making arrangements for fulfilling the goal.

UBIQUITY/ PERVASIVENESS :-
Planning is a function,which exists in all levels of managerial
hierarchy,starting from the cheif Executive officer (CEO) to down
to the last line worker.
FUTURE ORIENTATION :-
• Planning are always future oriented.
• It is s process which looks ahead or think ahead and making
provision to tackle future events.

INFORMATION BASE :-
Information is the basis of planning. Without information planning
is not possible.Information about past,present and future are
needed for the good planning. It will help the managers to evaluate
the present and future situations and plan accordingly for the
future.
RATIONALITY :-
• Planning is done based on reasons rather than emotions.
• Planning decisions are made with the awareness of their
consequences.
• Managers are unemotional in their approach to planning.

FORMAL AND INFORMAL NATURE :-

• Formal planning is done through investigation and analysis of various
factors.
• It will be a step by step process to achieve the goal.
• Informal planning is done by the managers and communicated them
to others through the word of mouth,which are flexible
• Informal planning is considered as a trial and error process.
INTELLECTUAL PROCESS :-
• Planning is a process, which need the ability to think in a logical
way and understanding things.
• It needs the ability or skills to view the future opportunity and
threat.

DECISION-MAKING :-
• Planning involves decision-making and problem solving.
• It also involves identification of the issues,which needs to be
addressed, collection of the relevant information / facts, finding
out the most appropriate alternative course of action.
DYNAMISM :-
• Planning is a dynamic process and it is based on the external and
internal changes of environment.
• Example,market changes and current fashion trends are to be
taken in to consideration while planning.
ESSENTIALS OF
GOOD PLANNING
1. Yeilds reasonable organizational objectives and develops
alternative approaches to meet these objectives.
2. Helps to eliminate or reduce the future uncertainty and chance.
3. Helps to gain economical operations.
4. Lay the foundation for organization.
5. Facilitate the coordination.
6. Helps to facilitate control.
7. Dictates those activities to which employers are directed.
PRINCIPLES OF
PLANNING
• Planning must focus on purposes.
• Planning is a continuous and iterative process.
• Planning should be simple and there should be provision for
proper analysis and classification and actions.
• In planning there should be a good hormony with organization and
environment.
• Planning is hierarchical in nature and must have an organizational
identification.
• Planning should be pervasive activity and it should be
balanced.
• Planning must be precise in it’s objective scope and
nature.
• In Planning provision should be made to use all available
resources.
• Planning should always be documented.
TYPES OF PLANNING

1. DIRECTIONAL PLANNING:-
•It often called as policy planning and is concerned with the
broad general direction of program.
•In that the broad planning will be necessary.
•For example,state level planning at directorate.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING :-
• It is concerned with overall planning implementation of the
policies developed and with the mobilization and coordination
of the personnel and material available in the administrative
unit for the effectuation of the service.
• For example, medical supritendent of major hospitals are
responsible for administrative planning.
3.OPERATIONAL PLANNING :-
• It is the concern with the actual delivery of service
to the community.
• For example, nursing personnel of all level are
planning to deliver proper service to the society
either in hospital or in community.
STEPS INVOLVED IN PLANNING
1. ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES :-
• It is first and primary step in Planning.
• Definite objectives,In facts,speak categorically about what is to
be done , where to place and initial emphasis and the things to
be accomplished by the network of policies, procedures,budgets
etc.

2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANNING PREMISES :-

• Planning premises are assumptions about the future
understanding of the expected situations.
• These premise may be internal or external.
3. DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE COURSES :-
As a matter of fact,it is imperative that alternative courses of
action must be developed before deciding upon the exact plan.
4. EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES :-
• Having sought out the available alternatives along with their
strong and weak points.
• Planners are required to evaluate the alternatives giving due
wheightage to various factors involved.
• Example,for one alternative may appear to be most profitable
involving heavy cash outlay,whereas the other less profitable
but involve least risk.
5. SELECTING A COURSE OF ACTION :-
• It is the point of decision making deciding upon the plan to be
adopted for accomplishing the Enterprise objectives.

6. FORMULATING DERIVATIVE PLANS :-

• Formulating derivative plans to give effect to and support the
basic plan.
• Example,each manager and department of the organization is
to contribute to the accomplishment of the master plan on the
basis of derivative plan.
7. ESTABLISHING SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES :-
• Sequence as well as timing is crucial for put the plan in action.
• It gives practical shape and concrete form to programs.

8. FOLLOW UP ACTION/FEEDBACK :-
• Follow up action is provided to see that plans so prepared and
programs checked out are being carried out in accordance with
the plan and to see whether these are not kept in cold storage.
COMPONENTS
OF
PLANNING
1.OBJECTIVES :-
• Objectives are basic plans,which determine goals or end results
of the projected action.
• Objectives provide the foundation upon which the structure of
plan can be build.

2.POLICIES :-
• Policies are written statement or oral understanding .
• Policies provide the standing solution to problems.
3.PROCEDURE :-
Procedure indicates the specific manner in which a certain activity
is to be performed.

4. PROGRAM :-
Program welds together different plans for implementing them
into completely and orderly course of action.

5. BUDGET :-
Budgets are plans continuing statement of expected result in
numerical terms. Example,Rupees etc.
FACTORS AFFECTING ON
PLANNING

Competition
Economy
Managers
Information
1. COMPETITION :-
• Planning may take a backseat to entering the
profitable,emerging markets for a new product or service
when a company wants to beat it’s competitors.

2. ECONOMY :-
• The overall economy of the company’s industry also may
negatively affect a manager’s ability to plan.
• Manager must be flexible to changing outside economic
conditions even when they are in the midst of planning a
project of special interest to them.
3. MANAGERS :-
• Managers are not good planners in general or do not have
the experience, education or background in planning
required to be successful,they are more likely to plan
poorly.

4. INFORMATION :-
• Managers who do not have accurate and timely information
are more likely to plan poorly and inadequately.
ADVANTAGES OF PLANNING
• Purposeful and orderly activity.
• Visualize future changes.
• Removal of doughts.
• Provision of basis for control.
• Encouragement to achievement.
• Planning provides direction.
• It provides unifying framework.
• Planning is economical.
• Planning helps management to adopt and adjust to
changing environments.
• Planning enhances the bahaviour climate.
• Planning facilitate control.
• Visualization of entirety.
• Balancing of utilisation of facilities.
• Helping management status.
PLAN YOUR WORK
WORK YOUR PLAN.