1. Planning leads to rigidity: Planning discourages individual’s
initiative & creativity. The managers do not make changes
according to changing business environment. They stop taking or
giving suggestions and new ideas. Thus detailed planning may
create a rigid framework in the organization.
2. Planning may not work in dynamic environment: Planning is
based on anticipation of future happenings and since future is
uncertain and dynamic, therefore, the future anticipations are not
always true.
3. Planning involves huge costs: When plans are drawn up, huge
cost is involved in their formulation.

4. Planning is time consuming: Sometimes plans to be drawn up
take so much of time that there is not much time left for their
implementation and it is not feasible in emergencies.
5. Planning does not guarantee success: The success of an
enterprise is possible only when plans are properly drawn and
implement. Sometimes managers depend on previously tried
successful plans, but it is not always true that a plan which has
worked before will work effectively again.
6. Planning reduces creativity: In planning, work is to be done as
per pre-determined plans. It is decided in advance what is to be
done, how it is to be done and who is going to do it. Moreover,
planning is done by top management which leads to reduction of
creativity of other levels of management