Planning

What is Planning

Planning is one of key managerial functions and therefore applies to all fields and aspects of an organization: economics and finance, Informatics, quality management, human resources, logistics and transportation, organizational management, marketing, services, production.

Planning is one of the key managerial functions and therefore applies to all fields and aspects of an organization: Economy and Finance, Informatics, Quality, Human Resources, Logistics and Transportation, Organizational management, Marketing, Services, Production.

According to the period in which the planning takes place, one can distinguish between Strategic planning, Tactical planning and Operational planning. Forecasting deals with the prediction of a company´s long-term development.

Strategic planning is crucial for the long-term direction of an organization (business), for marketing, investment decision making, human resources development and research and development.

Tactical and operational planning plays a key role in organizational fields which are characterised by frequent fluxes of resources, namely financial resources and material in production process (purchase and sale).