Definition of "planning" []

• Present participle of plan. (verb)
• Action of the verb to plan (noun)
• The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans (noun)
• The act of making contingency plans (noun)

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• "The term planning is imbecilic; everything can change tomorrow."
• "Similarly, in certain literature of the public sector (so-called public planning), the term planning has been used as a virtual synonym for decision making and project management (see, for example, the various writings of Nutt e.g., 1983, 1984)."
• "George Steiner, probably the most prolific of the business planning writers, noted that the word planning comes from the Latin planum, “meaning flat surface” 1969:5."