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Macro-planning

/ˈmæk.roʊˌplæn.ɪŋ/
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  1. 1

    The process of formulating broad, long-term strategies and goals that encompass an entire system, organization, or economy rather than isolated components.

    "Successful national development relies heavily on effective macro-planning to allocate resources across various sectors."
  2. 2

    In linguistics and discourse analysis, the structural outlining and conceptual organization of a text or speech before detailed drafting takes place.

    "During the macro-planning stage of writing the thesis, she outlined the core arguments for each chapter."

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The term is a compound formed from the combining form 'macro-' (derived from the Greek 'makros', meaning long or large) and 'planning' (from the verb 'plan', originating from the French 'plan', meaning a ground-plot or drawing). It emerged in the mid-20th century within the fields of economics, urban development, and organizational theory to describe large-scale, comprehensive strategy formulation.

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