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The Effectiveness Of Planning In The Public Sector
[A CASE STUDY OF KWARA STATE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL ILORIN]
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CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
It is believed that planning is a master function in the management of an organization before any organization can attain its set objectives proper planning will have to be put in to consideration
Planning which involves selection of goals. Establishment of objectives and programmed for achievement of objectives in a systematic way or complex and many sided phenomenon which is variously defined bases on different scholars point of view
A plan is a comprehensive programmed scheme of method determined in advance order to accomplish a set objectives or a predator mined objective of an organization.
Planning according to the late prime minister of India Nehra, defined planning as the exercise of intelligent to deal with fact and situation as they are, and find a way of solving them.
It was also defined according to a writer to be an organized intelligent attempt to select the best available alternative to achieve a specific goal or conceived as a process of determining the exact things that the organization will do to accomplish its objectives.
Planning encompass change plus growth and development and also agreed that, it is concerned with development of plan which involves mental activities which specify what should be done, when as action is to take place, who is responsible and why they action is necessary or important in an organizational set up.
It can as well be regarded as the process involved in decision making. Conscious effort made to choose future course of action from variety of alternatives.
1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
In every countries of the world, all organization set up has a reason or more for its establishment.
Both the public or the private organization or establishment apply some planning procedure for its effectiveness.
The most important reason for these organization, most especially the public sector is to meet their predetermined goals and objectives which might be either profit maximization or provision of welfare services to the public.
Other aims and objectives are listed below:
1. Appraisal of government accounting system in general,
2. Comprehensive assumption of data and evaluation
3. Determination of best means of accomplishing set objectives
4. Enhancement of decision making to best decision.
1.3 THE SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF STUDY
These write up cover wide area in planning for an organization, most especially in the organization of Kwara State Agricultural Development project i.e the historical background of Kwara Agricultural Project, organization structure and even the importance of this organization to individual and to the state at large.
However, this was done by making some sort of reason by collection of both primary and secondary data through interviewing the employee and the management and also by direct observation.
There were lot of problems encountered sourcing information which as a result of this restrict getting more information as needed. These problems are as follows;
FINANCE: There were no adequate finance i.e money to do the necessary thing like transportation to the place, to get the mind or the attention of the person to be consulted.
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