title: The effective plan.
abstract: This study commences with a review of aspects of planning which feature prominently in management theory. It describes a survey carried out in a District Health Authority during 1985/86 and outlines those aspects which emerged as important to the staff engaged in planning. It concludes with a comparison of the relative emphases in theory and practice.
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006285:Health Planning; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom