(2) Planning does not guarantee success.

This limitation suggests that even if a plan has been successful in the past, there is no assurance that it will yield the same level of success in the future. This emphasizes the uncertainty and dynamic nature of business environments, where changes, both internal and external, can render previously successful plans ineffective.

Planning is a time-consuming process: Sometimes plans to be drawn up take so much of time that there is not much time left for their implementation

Planning reduces creativity: Planning is an activity which is done by the top management. Usually the rest of the members just implements these plans. As a consequence, middle management and other decision makers are neither allowed to deviate from plans nor are they permitted to act on their own.

 Planning leads to rigidity: : In an organisation, a well-defined plan is drawn up with specific goals to be achieved within a specific time frame. These plans then decide the future course of action and managers may not be in a position to change it. This kind of rigidity in plans may create difficulty.