Planning is a feature of everyday living - whether at home or in business. Without it our lives would be totally chaotic and random. Plans vary from imprecise vague statements to thick volumes prepared over a long period. Some are useful; others a waste of time. Very few remain unaltered. People are frequently asked to prepare a plan with no guidance at all, and the result often falls short of expectations. | THE BUSINESS PLANNING POCKETBOOK By Neil Russell-Jones Drawings by Phil Hailstone Excellent - clear concise and very practical. Kevin Jones Group Planning Executive Norwich Union Excellent introduction to the basics of planning. Sets out a simple useful framework for those who are new to the world of business planning. Nicholas Beazley Head of Strategic Planning BUPA Published by Management Pocketbooks Ltd 14 East Street Alresford Hants SO24 9EE . Tel 44 0 1962 735573 Fax 44 0 1962 733637 E-mail pocketbks@ Web All rights reserved This edition published 1998. Reprinted 1999 2000 Neil Russell-Jones 1998 ISBN 1 870471 58 X MANAGEMENT POCKETBOOKS British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data - A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed in . CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Definitions corporate business planning visions strategies and plans PRACTICAL PLANNING 69 Structuring example company communicating contingency planning organising to plan planning cycle time charts critical path management tips PLANNING THEORY 15 What is a plan why plan elements of a plan eight planning styles SUMMARY 102 PLANNING PROCESS Seven stages of the planning process .
