Planning strangulates the initiative of the employees and compels them to work in an inflexible manner. What does it mean?

Planning strangulates the initiative of the employees and compels them

1.	Planning strangulates the initiative of the employees and compels them to work in an inflexible manner. What does it mean?
Answer» It means planning reduces creativity and leads to rigidity (i) Planning Leads to Rigidity: In an organisation a well defined plan is drawn up with specific goals to be achieved, with in a specific time frame. These plans then decide how the work will progress in the future and managers may not be in a position to change it. This creates a problem as flexibility is very important. Always adhering to the plan may not give us the desired results always. (ii)Planning Reduces Creativity: Planning is generally done by the top management. Usually the rest of the members just implement these plans. As a consequence, middle management and other decisions makers are neither allowed to deviate from plans nor are they permitted to act on their own, thus planning in a way reduces creativity since people tend to think along the same lines as others, there is nothing new or innovative.