Arrange the following steps of the planning process in correct order:
(A) Developing Premises
(B) Selecting an alternative
(C) Follow-up action
(D) Implementing the plan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B), (D), (C)
(A) Developing Premises — first of the four. Premises are the assumptions about the future, such as demand, prices and government policy. Every plan rests on them, so they are made before any course of action is chosen. (In the full process, setting objectives comes before this.)
(B) Selecting an alternative — second. Once the premises are fixed, the different courses of action are listed and weighed, and the best one is chosen.
(D) Implementing the plan — third. The chosen plan is now put into action: people are told what to do and resources are arranged.
(C) Follow-up action — last. The manager checks whether the plan is being carried out on schedule. This can only happen after the plan is in operation.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Planning Process … (ii) Developing Premises: Planning is concerned with the future which is uncertain and every planner is using conjecture about what might happen in future.” “Therefore, the manager is required to make certain assumptions about the future. These assumptions are called premises. …”
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