Planning
* affects the allocation of resources.
* applies to situations that last over a period of time.
* are designs
  - events
  - preparation
  - thinking
* central management role in any organization.
* discipline that is difficult to achieve and difficult to maintain
  - to be learned
* family function.
* form of learning.
* implies the ability to predict outcomes from certain actions.
* involves choices and choices invoke values
  - determining time, place, and sequence of actions on the basis of analysis of data
  - research, analysis, and communicating the results of planning
  - the simulation and virtual execution of processes through computer applications
* is about making choices
  - also a function of government enabled by legislation and overseen by judicial processes
* is an action taken prior to completion of transactions
  - word
  - activity that has been ongoing since the beginning of civilization
  - important part of the work of councils
  - iterative or evolving process beginning with a statement of objectives or goals
  - orderly procedure that brings about a desired result
  - central to the attainment of all goals
  - concerned with the management of change in the natural and built environment
  - extremely important in saving lives
  - important to eat well in older age
* is one of the four functions of management
  - most important aspects of radiation treatment for breast cancer
  - primarily for controlling growth for an orderly society of stakeholders
* is the ability to monitor, influence, and profit from change
  - activity of managing change in the built and natural environment
  - development of a vision of the future that guides real-time decision making
  - dynamic process by which options are developed and maintained
  - function of moving forward while staying alert
  - key to saving lives
  - power source of performance
  - privilege and responsibility of local communities, and they do it best
* is the process of defining work units for mechanics to perform on the maintenance floor
  - developing a method of action or procedure to reach a goal
  - that makes a vision happen
  - profession that is dedicated to helping society manage change
* is the thinking that precedes the doing
  - takes place before the action occurs
  - to saving people
  - way in which a teacher plans for, adjusts, and follows up on instruction
  - what makes things happen
* key skill for setting a course of action for reaching goals.
* kind of search in which one constructs a course of action to meet specific goals.
* means of anticipating the future and organizing activities in response
  - making tomorrow happen
* normal process in learning the complexities of rulesets.
* occurs in the frontal lobes, one type of metacognitive thinking.
* often focuses on solving problems.
* pervasive process within public policy-making and private development.
* problem in forming procedural networks that satisfy all posted constraints
  - solving technique
* profession for people who want to improve the quality of life in cities and regions
  - that is dedicated to managing change
* sets the context in which to do certain things.
* tool to promote long-term, sustainable economic development.
* tool, a process for helping to create the good life.
* way of deciding how to manage state lands.
* wide-ranging field that touches each of our lives on a daily basis.

Popular sovereignty
* means that the people rule.
* suggests that power rests with the people.