ocr: Introduction Planning is the process whereby organisations look tot the future and decide on a course of future action. Put more simply, it is the management function - - of determining what the organisation should do. Before these plans can be putin place the management team must first decide upon a set of goals, aims, or objectives avhich they wish the organisation to achieve. These predetermined objectives provide the business with a benchmark py which they can measure the success or otherwise of - their more detailed operational plans. Planning. Horizons Not all management planning decisio ...