Business brief

 Planning is about resource allocation,the way that individuals and organizations deploy their (by definition) limited resources such as time, money and expertise.

In the case of individuals, you could say that there is a worldwide planning industry, with its calendars, diaries, electronic personal organizers and time management training. These （often very expensive) courses tend to hand out some fairly obvious advice. 

· Make lists of things you have to do. Classify them in terms of urgency and priority.

· Pursue tasks single-mindedly. Do not allow yourself to waste time through distractions and interruptions.

· Delegate. Do not try to do everything yourself.

● Do not try to be a perfectionist in everything. Do each task so that it is good enough for the circumstances.

But all these things are easier said than done.

 Companies also have to plan for events that they do not want,such as disasters.Contingency

planning is designed to prepare for the worst,with specific plans of  action for disaster recovery.

including handing of the media and protecting, as far as possible, the company's reputation.

Organizational planning in its grandest form is one element of strategy, where companies make long-term plans about the future development of their activities. Here, they have to anticipate competitors' activities as well as trends in the general economic and political environment. Very large organizations have teams of scenario planners trying to predict how this environment may change and how they might  prepare for and perhaps influence this change.