Limitation of Pninglan: Following are the limitations of planning:
i. Planning Creates Rigidity: Although the quality of flexibility is inherent in planning, but it must be admitted that only small changes are possible. Big changes are neither possible nor in the interest of the organisation. Since it is not possible to introduce desired changes according to the changed situations, the organisation loses many chances of earning profits.
ii. Planning does not work in a Dynamic Environment: Planning is based on the anticipation of future happenings. Since future is uncertain and dynamic, therefore, the future anticipations are not always true. Therefore, it can be said that planning does not work in dynamic environment.
iii. Planning Reduces Creativity: Under planning all the activities connected with the attainment of objectives of the organisation are pre-determined. Consequently, everybody works as they have been directed to do and as it has been made clear in the plans. Therefore, it checks their incisiveness. It means that they do not think about appropriate ways of discovering new alternatives.