Planning refers to the process of:

• Deciding on the future course of actions.
• Preparing an action plan.
• Collecting necessary documents, data, papers and so on.
• Discussing various ideas and options to reach to the best option

The organization must depend on realistic and concrete plans. Prepare a full fledged action plan before starting something new.

Plans can be:

• Short term plans - 1 month or 2 months
  
• Long term plans - 1 year, 5 year
  
• Immediate Plan - 1 hour, 1 week
  

The range of plan depends on the complexity of tasks.