Procedure: Procedures are routine steps on how to carry out activities. They detail the exact manner in which any work is to be performed. They are specified in a chronological order

Policy: Policies are general statements that guide thinking or channelise energies towards a particular direction.

Method: Methods provide the prescribed ways or manner in which a task has to be performed considering the objective 

 Programme :Programmes are detailed statements about a project which outlines the objectives, policies, procedures, rules, tasks, human and physical resources required and the budget to implement any course of action