• Lack of commitment in planning
• Interchanging studies with actual plans
• Failure to develop and implement strategies
• Lack of meaningful and/or realistic objectives and goals
• Underestimating the importance of planning premises
• Inability to see the scope of plans
• Failure to see planning as a rational process
• Too much reliance on experience
• Non-use of the principle of limiting factor
• Insufficient support from top management
• Absence of clear delegation of authority and responsibilities

Lack of adequate control techniques and information