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Question
Distinguish Between the following:
Planning & controlling.
Solution
| Basis of Difference | Planning | Controlling |
| Meaning | Planning is a psychological process of thinking and deciding in advance what it is to be done and how it is to be done. |
Controlling is evaluating and assessing the progress of the work done. |
| Objective | To set goals and choose the means to achieve them. | To ensure that everything goes as per the set plans. |
| Order | First function of management. |
Last function of management. |
| Level of management | Plans are formulated by the top-level management. |
Controlling is basically the task of the top and middle levels of management. |
| Targets | In this case, targets are first analysed and then decided. | In this case, the actual performance is compared with the planned performance so that the targets can be achieved. |
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Group 'B'
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(1) 1986
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