ABSTRACT
Do you have a plan? What is the plan? These are common questions people ask when they want to know something about the future. That future might be a few hours away, a day, a week, months or even years. In this chapter, we present the subject of planning in the context of existing business organ-isations, such as companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships. The planning processes that we describe also apply to many kinds of organisations, including public corporations, nongovernmental organisations, trusts, foundations, as well as small, family-owned ones. Large organisations, such SABMiller, the South African beer-producing company, or Dangote Group, the Nigerian company that produces and supplies a range of products, need planning, and small companies such as Plasco Tanzania, which manufactures and sells water pipes need planning.
