A survey was conducted to determine: (1) what percentage of total planning time of the various personnel involved in institutional planning is allocated to the several planning functions; and (2) how planning functions are organized at small four-year public institutions. A questionnaire was mailed to the chief executive officers of 188 state-controlled institutions with enrollments of 6,000 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students or less. The chief executive officers were asked to distribute the questionnaires within their institutions for response. Responses were received from 125 institutions, for a 66.5% response rate. Results included the following: generally, a higher percentage of time is spent in setting goals and objectives than is spent in other planning functions; and smaller institutions (2,000 FTE or less) were less likely to have a person designated as chief planning officer than the larger institutions. The survey instrument is appended. (KM)