(a) Planning states in advance how work is to be done. Thus planning provides direction for action. If there was no planning, employees would be working in different directions and the organization would not be able to achieve its desired goals.
(b) Risks of uncertainty are avoided through better planning.
(c) It promotes innovations a here new ideas can take the shape of concrete plans.
(d) It facilitates decision making as the manager has to evaluate each alternative and select the most viable proposition.
