Manpower Plans – determining types of personnel needed in the long and short-range for the organization.
Strategic Plans – determining the major goals of the entire organization and the policies to guide the achievement of these goals.
Tactical Plans – determination of the short term-specific utilization of the resources of the org. in achieving its strategic goals.
Functional Plans – classified by function or use.
Planning Horizon: Short-Range Versus Long-Range
Short-Range Plans – covers up to one year.
Long-Range Plans – extends into the future
Operational Versus Strategic Plans
Strategic Planning – analogous to top-level long-range planning
Operational or Tactical Plans – a short-range planning and concentrate on the formulation of functional plans – done by managers at all levels in the organization.