Assignment: Management Planning Paper, Practice and Application of Management Theory With any business, organization or society, the first stage of any management is planning. This stage is very important for any company because many different planning functions and each planning function creates a standard for each of its employees to follow. This article will discuss the planning functions of management looking at the Boeing Company. By analyzing the different planning functions, this paper will also discuss and identify the legal, ethical and social responsibilities that impact Boeing. It will also show some factors that influence Boeing's strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning. Boeing can be considered the perfect model company to demonstrate the many levels of management. , satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communications systems" (Boeing 2007 par.1). Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company because Boeing has one of the best planning strategies around. Because Boeing is one of larger companies, fully applies all four management functions, especially the early planning phase when setting the strategy to market their products The Boeing Company has been very careful to make the most of good planning and decision making for reach their full potential and continue to grow more than they already are. Ethical, legal and social responsibilityAn ethical issue that has affected the Boeing Company in recent years is public safety... middle of paper... of new technologies and products. , from innovation to operations to productivity growth Conclusion Boeing is a multi-billion dollar company that has used every available resource to ensure that it will remain one of the largest and leading manufacturers of aerospace technology. Since this paper suggested that Boeing has many factors that contribute to keeping a company of this size very profitable, the management phase was critical to Boeing's profitability. This document covered many aspects such as legal, ethical and social responsibilities that influence the strategic, tactical, operational and emergency planning of Boeing companies. Reference: McMurdy, D. (1996). The training game. Maclean's, p.35. Retrieved March 1, 2008, from the Academic Search Premier.Boeing database. (2007). Boeing in brief. Retrieved February 29, 2008 from URL www.boeing.com