This research work is necessitated by desire to discover the position and role of proper planning on the organisation objectives in the public service in Nigeria. The research is concerned with the determination on how important planning is in management of organization, the benefit and cost of planning. Comparing certain activities in public and private organizations using Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri as a case study. Questionnaires and interviews were issued to gather data for the analysis and statistical analytical methods such as tables, ratio, percentage and pie charts were issued in examining the findings. The analytical methods helped to identify the necessity of planning in these organisations. They assist to draw attention of business organizations to the fact that planning as a management tools is indispensable. They also help to identify such factors that militate against planning such as planning costs, lack of planning experts, time frame, lack of information and cost of executive of such plans. Recommendation should always be reviewed up to data and for them to serve as instruments of management and that variation from planned actions should quickly be corrected.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Planning is deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it, who to do it and how result can be evaluated, Knootz et al (1950).
According to O’ Donnell (1972), Planning is selecting objective and strategies, policies, programmes and procedures for achieving them either for the entire enterprise for any organized part thereof.
For an organisation to remain a float or progress, there is always that need for planning. This is why planning is futuristic because it sets target and strategies to actualize. This involves identification of the problems to be solved, searching for financial and materials resources, methods and strategies to be used and careful systematization of the activities and input or means to achieve the desire purpose, Ogunna (1999). This is a difficult understanding which embodies creativity, intuitive and imaginative ability and analytical initiative.
Planning is an intellectually demanding of process, it requires the conscious determination of course of action and basing of decisions on purposes knowledge, knowledge and considered estimates in designing a milieu for effective performance of people working collectively in group. The most important task is to see that purposes objectives and methods of attaining them clearly understood if group effort is to be effective, people must know what they are expected to accomplish.
This is the function of planning. It entails selecting of course of action from among courses of actions for organisational objectives and departmental goals and determining ways of achieving them therefore planning involves rational approach to pre-selected objectives, Okoye (1997).
This following will lay emphasis on how Federal Polytechnic came about.
Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri was established by edict No 16 of 1978. It opened for classes on 15th December of the government trade center along Egbu Owerri with initial of 275 students. In 1980, the college of education as was its name then was later changed to Polytechnic Nekede Owerri.
In 1987 by the edict No 6 of 1987 was further renamed Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri by Federal Amendment of decree 1993 of 1st January 1993.
Its motto knowledge and skill for service which has been deriving of the polytechnic has been demonstrated by the quality of graduates and professional that the school has produced over the years. The polytechnic offers full and part-time National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and certificate programme.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It is not doubt that planning which is one and the first function of management play an important role in achieving any organizational objective
It also a fact that effective and proper planning is faced with some problems such as:

• PLANNING TIME: In any types of planning short range or long range time is of the essence. Organization operations that do not experience frequents changes in their activities can have enough time for planning and to put the plans to test and watch the results.
• AVAILABILITY OF EMPLOYABLE SKILLS: We noted earlier in our discussion on the macro and micro levels of human resource management that there is a working relationship between these to levels of planning management.
• AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE: Availability of finance or other wise affects the ability of an organization to effectively plan for its human requirements.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are as follows:

• To fashion out a better means of proper means of proper planning on the organisation of Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri.
• To check if a good economic recovery programmes that could have good effectiveness of proper planning on the organisation.
• To explain the importance of implementation of proper planning on the organisation.
• To restore independence and hope in an organization.

1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF STUDY
The study was limited to academic division and personnel division Federal Polytechnic Nekede and its findings also apply to all the public service and private organisation in Nigeria as the case may be.
The limitation of this study is due to constraints encountered while carrying out the work and they are as follows:

• Lack of finance to carry out the research
• Lack of adequate time frame to carry out this research due to other academic activities.
• Problem of traveling for long distance to get information coupled with high cost of transportation.
• Non-responsive attitude of the respondents.

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The significance of this study is that it proves the good link in the proper planning in an organisation both the public sector and private sector. Here, planning happens to be one of the tools, it is therefore necessary to study in which ways planning can help manager to achieve the organisational goals of the organisation control. These will go a long way to ease out the work of these managers, and will also help to discover the role planning plans in an organisation and evaluate certain variables that militate against planning.

1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Since planning has been claimed to necessary for good management, serves as a guide to good organisational management and effective achievement of result. The following questions can be asked thus:

• Is planning an instrument for actualization of objectives in organisation effectiveness?
• How far had Federal Polytechnic Nekede been able to revamp planning in an organisational service in Nigeria?
• What are the problems faced by Federal Polytechnic Nekede in terms of planning in an organisation.
• How are those problems solved?
• Has Federal Polytechnic Nekede been able to create good effects of proper planning on the organisation objective in the public service in Nigeria?