A good manager is a combination coach, teacher, financier, engineer, architect and record keeper. Good managers have the people skills necessary to inspire those they supervise to put forth the effort to accomplish desired goals. Good mangers continually analyze and evaluate situations and make the best decisions they can with the most information available. Management may be thought of as a set of functions. Review the 5 functions.
Planning begins with a challenge or desire a vision.
Before any business comes into existence, someone has a vision. Planning is continuous and may be imposed by others if a manager does not deliberately plan. By taking action to achieve that vision you begin the physical process of planning. Action is the key to planning. To carry out your vision, you must define a mission statement.