Hierarchy & Planning...

Initial research regarding PLANNING and HIERARCHY using the 'define:' search on google as mentioned by Steve.

Definitions of planning on the Web:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+planning&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

* an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"
* the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
* the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
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* Planning in organizations and public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. As such, it is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning

* The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls in respect of hazardous substances with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_(Hazardous_Substances)_Act_1990

* plan - have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"
* plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
* plan - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
* plan - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
* plan - design: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
* plan - design: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
* plan - scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
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* planned - designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
* aforethought(ip): planned in advance; "with malice aforethought"
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Definitions of hierarchy on the Web:
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* a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
* the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
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* In mathematics, a hierarchy is a preorder, i.e. an ordered set. The term is used to stress a natural hierarchical relation among the elements. In particular, it is the preferred terminology for posets whose elements are classes of objects of increasing complexity. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_(mathematics)

* In computer science's object-oriented programming, the mapped relationships of sub- and superclasses is known as a hierarchy. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_(object-oriented_programming)

* A hierarchy is an arrangement of objects, people, elements, values, grades, orders, classes, etc., in a ranked or graduated series. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy

* A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks; Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hierarchy

* hierarchic - hierarchical: classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a ...
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* Hierarchyism is the belief that society requires a symbolic hierarchy, such as a constitutional monarchy, in order to function properly. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchyism

* hierarchic - hierarchal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hierarchic

* Relationship based on degrees or levels of superordination and subordination, where the superordinate term represents a class or whole, and subordinate terms refer to its members or parts. ...
www.iskoi.org/doc/development.htm

* The Cosmic Hierarchy is a "Universal Chain" of Individualized God Free Beings fulfilling Attributes and Aspects of God's Infinite ...
www.templeofthepresence.org/glossary.htm

* A hierarchy is a system of ranking and organising things or people, where each element of the system is subordinate. ...
www.autonomousgeographies.org/glossary

* Any system where there is a parent-child relationship.
www.davidgould.com/Glossary/Glossary.htm

* A hierarchy is a series of classes or groups in which each class falls into a subgroup of a larger group, which in turn forms part of an even larger group.
plc.fis.utoronto.ca/tgdemo/Glossary.asp

* Slave-like veneration of the seniors and thus verbal or physical submission to them, is common. Abject 'etiquette' required of pledges or ...
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Hazing