Planning
  ◆Encompasses establishing objectives and *uating policies and actions required to achieve them.
  ◆Planning is the setting of goals and selecting the means of achieving them.
  ◆Short-term plans such as the annual budget show in detail the intended results for the forthcoming year (see Session 8)
  ◆Long-term plans (also called “strategic” plans) are usually documents showing the long-term objectives of the business.