CONSTRAINTS OR LIMITATION OF PLANNING

Planning plays an important role in directing the organizational activity.It is primary and pervasive function. this function of management should be carried out till the end of the organization itself.Despite the many benefits planning has some limitation as well.Some constraints are inherent from planning process and others are associated with planning technique and planners themselves.
*Lack of reliable data
Planning is undertaken on the basis of assumption and certainty of the future.This is not 100% accurate.hence future cannot be accurate since the data are not reliable.Thus planning for future risks uncertainty can give no perfect assurance.
*Time consuming process
The planning process requires a lot of steps and ladders.To overcome all the steps in one step is almost impossible that's why it is a time consuming process.
*Costly process
Since the information to be collected are of high numbers.People have to visit many places and spent resources to collect all the reliable information.Thus it is a costly process.
*Rapid change
Since the management deals about the human behavior and it is difficult to predict the living beings.so the plans set for one time may not be suitable for other time.