Question
Why is planning a pre-requisite for controlling?
OR
How does planning facilitate control?

Answer

It is said that planning is pre-requisite for controlling because planning provides the standards with which actual performance is compared, evaluated and hence controlled by the managers. It helps in finding deviations between desired and actual results, and take corrective action.

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