PLANNING SPORTS FACILITIES Planning Process Factors Affecting Planning

PLANNING SPORTS FACILITIES Planning Process (Factors Affecting Planning, Lecture-3) By RABIA Sports Sciences & Physical Education, LCWU

Factors Affecting Planning process There are many factors that affects planning process in business, and there are five steps to the planning process. The five steps in the planning process are: � Situational analysis �Priorities plan �Budget plan �Organizational responsibilities and �Ethics These five steps are crucial to the planning process of a business, and it is important to be aware of the factors affecting these steps.

Situational Analysis �A factor that affects the situational analysis of the planning process is current economic conditions. �This factor affects the planning process because if current economical conditions are good or bad this will be discovered during first step. �The condition of the economy provides information that can make the plan successful or unsuccessful. �Economical conditions will provide a business with information that will help determine the next steps in the planning process. �This factor has high effect on plans.

Priorities Plan �Another factor that affects the planning process is priorities �This factor comes into play highly in relation to the third step of the planning process. �Priorities will have to be examined thoroughly during the goal and plan evaluation step. �Priorities are involved because they must be used to evaluate and choose a plan. �Priorities may also shifted and some priorities may with drawn for higher priorities. �This factor affects the planning process because it will allow a business to make choices that will be beneficial.

Budget Plan �A factor that influences the planning process is budget. �Any plan that does not have budget to support it will not make it during the implementation stage. �A budget is something that should be considered in many steps of the planning process because it has a tremendous effect on the plan. �A budget is something that is and should be always considered during all steps of the planning process because it will affect it highly. �Budgets can make or break a plan, and realistic ideas about budgeting should always be taken during the planning process of a business.

Organizational Responsibilities �Organizational responsibilities play a role in the planning process with profit or value first and foremost. �What will benefit the stakeholder will always play a role in the decisions of the planning process because the ultimate goal of most business is to provide value.

Ethics � Ethics also play a role in the planning process because ethical beliefs can influence priorities and goals. � Ethics will also influence budget decisions which are integral to the planning process. � Ethics will always play a part in the decision making of a business. � Organizational ethics are the policies, procedures and culture of doing the right things in the face of difficult and often controversial issues. � Ethics topics that challenge organizations include but aren't limited to discrimination, social responsibility and fiduciary issues. � Ethics issues and how any organization practices ethics are more important than ever because social media readily exposes issues that might have been swept aside in previous generations.