PLANNING AS A MANAGEMENT FUNCTION (A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT)


PLANNING AS A MANAGEMENT FUNCTION (A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT)  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Statement of the research problem

1.3 Objectives of the study

1.4 Significance of the study

1.5 Scope of the study

1.6 Delimitation and limitation of the study

1.7 Organization of the study

CHAPTER TWO

2.1 Literature review

2.2 Nature of planning

2.3 Steps is stages in planning

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Research methodology

3.2 Historical background of the case study

3.3 Organizational structure of the case study

3.4 Functionality of planning

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 The concepts of planning

4.2 Planning procedures

4.3 The techniques of planning

4.4 The problems of planning techniques

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Summary

5.2 Conclusion

5.3 Recommendation

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Planning is regarded as the most important function of management in every establishment e.g. public or private organization. Therefore, among other management function it is simply the first.

The essence of planning by any organization is to use the past present to forecast the future. Therefore planning and forecasting are synonymous. This bring the idea of planning and management.

From the foregoing. It must be noted that the local government area need much of this planning under a political dispensation because they are closer to the people and they are responsible directly to the people or electorates who elects them.

The success or otherwise of any local government or organization or individuals alike depends largely on how will they able to plan. Indeed, it is the foundation which the nation is built upon. According to Nwachuwu (1998) planning goes beyond attempting to attain staked organization objectives it involved the development of strategy and procedure required for effective realization of the entire plan. It entails determination of control direction and methods of accomplishing the overall organizational objectives.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

Lack of goods plan

Ignorance on the part of the chief executive

Lack of time to execute a programme on long term

Lac of expertise

Poor information system

Mis-information activities

Consistent policies on the part of the local government

How inadequate finance hinder planning process

Lack of purposeful leadership

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The overall objective of the study is to critical examine planning as a management function

Below are the specific objective

a. i. Look closely the role of planning as a management function

ii.Examine the various causes of failure to plan

iii. find out the reasons for the planning as a management function

iv. investigate into the cause of inadequate financial resources at the local government level

v. investigate into the reason for poor information system

vi. inspect closely into what causes the financial misappropriate at the local government level

vii. assess vigorously the main reasons why the local government could not achieve their objectives

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

To disclose the level in which facilure to plan hinder the progress of the local government. To ascertain the causes of lack of planning local government in Nigeria

It further diagnose the causes of irregular payment of workers salaries to the management of local government it reveals the causes of problem of project abandonment. It enables us look closely into the reason behind lack of purposely leaders at helms of affairs of the local government

To investigate the aftermath of inadequate fund or zero allocation at the local government.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

This research work intended to cover area like the definition of planning and management, importance of planning, features of good plan, types of plan as well as planning circle in an organization intends to cover the areas of failure to plan the chief executive management of organization management by objective (MBO) and qualitites of a good manager. The literature review will therefore be restricted to the above area.

The study may touch some areas of management functiosn such as controlling, organizing for purpose of effective evaluation and analysis during the investigation.

1.6 DELIMITATION AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

As usual, the level of information received for this study largely determined the accessibility of the researcher to the working toots such as text books, newspapers, journals and so on. Depends on both or either of the forthcoming reason.

Due to financial and time constraints, the researcher could not go be young this content of this project. These constraints not withstanding the researcher still strive harder to ensure that the information available are adequately tapped and utilized to arrive to arrive at a well dependable solution

1.7 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

The organization this study is the ways through which the contents of the project or research work have been written

Chapter one: focused on the introduction, statement of the research problem, objectives of the study, delimitation and limitation of the study, methodology

Chapter two: Examined literature review here you will be of the study methodology

Chapter three: Focused on the historical background of the case study. Organizational structure of the case study, functionality of planning

Chapter four: Focused on the concept of planning, planning procedure, characteristics of planning. The various techniques of planning and the problems of planning technique.

Chapter five: This area dealt with the recommendation and conclusion.

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