The Effectiveness of Planning in the Public Sector (A Case Study of Kwara State Ministry of Agricultural Ilorin)

Title page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

1.1    Introduction

1.2    Aims and Objectives

1.3    Scope and Limitations of Study

1.4    Research Methodology

1.5    Definition of terms

1.6    Organization of the study

References

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1    Introduction

2.2    Theoretical framework

2.3    Current trends in thinking

2.4    Summary of the chapter

References

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1    Introduction

3.2    Sample and population of the study

3.3    Data collection instruments

3.4    Method of data analysis

3.5    Research problems

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION

4.1    Introduction

4.2    Brief history of the case study

4.3    Presentation of data

4.4    Analysis of data

4.5    Summary of the chapter

References

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION

5.1    Summary

5.2    Conclusion

5.3    Recommendations

Bibliography

CHAPTER ONE

1.1   INTRODUCTION

It is believed that planning is a master function in the management of an organization before any organization can attain its set objectives proper planning will have to be put in to consideration 

Planning which involves selection of goals. Establishment of objectives and programmed for achievement of objectives in a systematic way or complex and many sided phenomenon which is variously defined bases on different scholars point of view

A plan is a comprehensive programmed scheme of method determined in advance order to accomplish a set objectives or a predator mined objective of an organization.

Planning according to the late prime minister of India Nehra, defined planning as the exercise of intelligent to deal with fact and situation as they are, and find a way of solving them.

It was also defined according to a writer to be an organized intelligent attempt to select the best available alternative to achieve a specific goal or conceived as a process of determining the exact things that the organization will do to accomplish its objectives. Planning encompass change plus growth and development and also agreed that, it is concerned with development of plan which involves mental activities which specify what should be done, when as action is to take place, who is responsible and why they action is necessary or important in an organizational set up.