PLANNING

Introduction
Develop philosophy and objectives for educational Programs.
Identifies the present needs related to educational Programme. Investigates,
evaluates and secured resources Formulates the plan of action, select and
organized learning experience participated in the formulation of admission and
recruitment polices.
Definition
 Planning in nursing educational institution is essential as it will provide
the basis for the development of the institution on bath quantitative and
qualitative aspects.

 Planning involved setting the goals for achievement and developing the
direction and proceeds for waking the goals into a reality.

 Planning also give a chance to mobilize and utilize the resource

carefully and officially.
OBJECTIVES
 To bring about unity on the working institution.
 To achieve Coordination in power and efforts.
 To curtail the cost.
 To facilitate better learning opportunities for the student.
 To develop the nursing Profession.
 To satisfy the normal of the statutory bodies like University and nursing Council.
 To promote teamwork and collaboration with other organisation.
 To regularize the activities of the institutions.
 To meet the exportations of the students and their parents.
 To recognize the potentials of the teaching facility and extended opportunities for them to
implement their ideas and expertise.
 To meet the health care demand and expectations of the country.
 To give direction for achieving the educational objectives.
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN
EDUCATION PLANNING
 Appropriate formulation Integrated with national planning supported by
research finally ongoing or continuous process.

 Practical, well designed, and reasonable promotes the active participation

use suitable to the level of the participants.

 Systematic appraisal of the planning process.

 Addressed the educational needs of the population.

IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING

 Planning is an important function of management.

 Therefore an organisation success depend on good planning.
 Planning eliminate or reduce the chance of uncertainty.
 Planning avoid overlapping of activities.
 Planning helps to set standards of activities.
 Planning gives direction to an organisation.
 Planning improve communication and interpersonal relationships.
 Planning is looking ahead determine goals objective polices procedure
and method and considering various other activities.
 Planning leads to effectiveness and efficiency.
 Planning helps decision making.
 Since future is unpredictable planning must provide enough room to
cope win the changes in customer’s demand, competition, government
policies etc.
 Under changed circumstances the original plan of action must be
revised and updated to make it more practical.
Features of Planning

 Features of planning is a decision in advance. It is a

process which involves thinking before doing. It is concerned with
the mental state of a manager.
 Some important features of planning are as follows.
Flexible Planning

 Planning is done for the future

 Under changed circumstances the original plan of action must be revised and
updated to male it more practical.
 Line future is unpredictable planning must provide enough room to cope with the
changes is customers demand competition, govt polices etc.
FUTURISTIC

 Planning is looking ahead and preparing for the future which is based on
proverb “ look before you leap”.
 It is preparing organisations to meet future challenges and opportunities.
GOAL ORIENTED

 Planning seeks to achieve certain goals of the organisation.

 It ensured the actions that would lead to the desired results quickly and
economically.
PERVASIVE

All individuals all types of organizations and each level of

management is involved in planning.
Continuous

 Planning is a continual process, a plan is framed then it is

implemented and offer that, again a new plan is framed either
on the basis of success of previous plan or many be as per the
new requirement.
 The process of foaming and implementing plans goes on
and on.
Group Activity

A modern day work organization is a mixed group of

widely different with human beings such as attitude skills,
knowledge and motivations level.
 TYPES OF
PLANNINGS
Physical Planning

• Physical planning is concerned with physical allocation

of resources on the onside. While with the product how to
accomplish them.
• Planning is a process of setting objectives and deciding
objectives to achieve results.
Administrative
Planning

It is more productively defined as a process than as an

administrative function, a process which is intended to be
used to help academic leaders decide on priorities or actions
or on the allocation of resources.
Economic
The basic objective of economic planning is that
there is equal distribution of resources, the goals set are completed
with specific period of time, increase the production and employment
and also reduce the population growth.
Directional
• It is a flexible plan that setout general objectives.
• When there is a high possibility of risk and
uncertainty, the management must allow flexibility for responding
to unwanted charges, it prefers directional plans.
Indicative
Indicative planning may include economic forecast
helping private derision makers, politics favorable to the
private sector, ways of raising money and recruiting personnel
and a list of proposed public expenditures usually not
authorized by the plan, but the annual budget.
Imperative
 The planning process followed by the state economics
is known as the imperative planning. Such planning is also
called as directive planning.
 Numerical(ie. Qualitative ) targets of growth and
development are set by the plan.
Sectoral
Sectoral planning is strategic planning for defined
sectors or industries of the economy “Sector” in terms of ‘sectors
planning’ means the spatial planning under consideration of only one
planning critters.
Comprehensive
A comprehensive plan is a long range planning document that
expresses a community is overacting vision, goals, objectives, policies,
and strategies for the future growth, development, and preservation of
the community.
Steps of educational planning

 Setting goals
 Grenade alternate course of action
 Analysis and evaluate alternatives
 Choose best option
Setting Goals

 Goals setting is the process of developing, negotiating

and formatting the objectives that an employee is responsible
accomplishment.
 Help nurse administration to focus attention on what is
relevant.
 Help to develop strategies and action to achieve the
goals.
Generate alternate course of
action
The generate course of action is to select the most suitable course of
action which will achieve organizational objectives.
Techniques of decision making are applied to choose a particular
course of action some factors should be taken into account.
Analysis and Evaluate
alternatives
The process of analyzing and evaluating alternate natives
appears evaluation criteria to alternatives or options in a way that facilities
decision making.
Choose best option

• Planning essentially involves choice among various

alternatives.
• Policies are also plans (Standing plan) in that they are
general statement or understanding which guide or channel in
decision making.
Scope of Institutional
Planning
Institutional Objectives
 Institutional planning helps the administrator to take independent
decision regrade development of entire educational system and future program
of the institution.
 The institution is able to plan both long term and short term
institutional planning.
 It ensures good foresight and vision for the school or college.
 Institutional planning assured discrete identity of the institution in the
society.
Building planning

1. An educational institution has differed types of rooms for

different purposes.
2. It plans to constrict the classrooms, Library, laboratory
rooms, auditorium, teachers room, common room for students and
separate toilet for boys and girls.
3. It also plans to spend money on construction, main and
repair of school building from time to time whenever needed.
Programs Planning
Steps in program planning for effective health education effects. Examples of now to
proceed in documenting information, applying criteria and determining the evaluation
procedures.
It is also offered by the committee to assist the health education practitioner.
Resources Planning
Resources is the essential part of educational institution.
There are three types of recourse in an educational institution.
Physical, human and finance Institutional planning ensures
utilization of the resources properly.
Work schedule planning
Work schedule variables were derived from the standard shiftwork
index, which has been used internationally to standardize.
Work schedule data were derived from the following variables
 Hours worked per day
 Hours worked per week.
 Weekend worked per month
 Number of breaks lasting 10 mts or more including meats
during a workday and shift rotation.
Advantages of Planning
Most effective
Faster achievement of goals.

Give through to business

Secures unity of purpose.

Avoid duplication of services

Improve effacing of managerical function.

Disadvantages
1. Reliable information is not possible.
2. Time consuming and experience.
3. Unplanned procedures lead to disorder.
4. Rigidities may arise.