Planning and programming precede other educational functions, because all of the individual activities (organization, management, and control) aim at achieving the goals set by planning.
“Planning” refers to the general conception of the goals of a future endeavor. The action plan outlines the main frameworks of the course and evolution of the educational process.
“Programming” refers to the general framework of activity or to the whole set of actions and means of preparing, implementing and adapting alternative action plans. The objectives, methods and means of action, as well as the place and time of execution of each type of work, are fully and in detail pre-programmed.
Programming and planning
- are the primary and primary function of the educational process
- is a complex intellectual process that sets the direction for the company to follow as well as standards that facilitate control
- It involves deciding between alternatives for a future course of action
- aims primarily to help company members and customers work harmoniously without duplication of action and waste of time and thus achieve the best possible result
In conclusion, the function of planning and programming has become an indispensable tool for executives of modern organizations, because obviously, it has a lot of positive elements stemming from goal setting, concerted effort, duplication reductions, unnecessary actions and of course omissions.