Management Of Family Resources

Lesson 26 : The Management Process In Family Living-Planning

Planning

Planning is the beginning of the process of the management. Planning sets all other functions into action; it can be seen as the most basic function of management. Without planning other functions mere activity, producing nothing but chaos.

Planning is devising a scheme for reaching goals. It includes setting and clarifying goals establishing priorities among goals, establishing standards for measuring goals attainment and determining the activities needed to reach the goals. It includes a wide range of decisions dealing with family activities, resources and changing family wants. Planning is thinking through the possible ways of reaching a desire goal. They guide the persons or family is deciding what and how work or activities should be done and provides direction for utilizing resources throughout the management process. Planning includes setting standards to reconcile demands with resources and sequencing actions to meet the standards.