Defining Planning ..................................................................................................

Planning Levels .....................................................................................................

The Planning and Control Environment ...............................................................

The Planning Process – Shewhart Cycle................................................................

The Closed-Loop Planning Cycle ..........................................................................

The Principles of Planning ....................................................................................

Boundaries of Enterprise Strategies......................................................................

Defining Business Planning....................................................................................

Business Planning Process ...................................................................................

Business Plans .......................................................................................................

Planning Architecture in the MPC System ...........................................................

Planning Review .....................................................................................................

Review, Terms, Discussion Questions, Exercises...............................................

Terms Check ..........................................................................................................

Performance Check ................................................................................................

Discussion Questions ...........................................................................................

Case Study .............................................................................................................

Suggested Additional Readings ...........................................................................