Republic of the Philippines

LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIQUE UNIVERSITY

Province of Laguna
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

GRADUATE STUDIES AND APPLIED RESEARCH

Course Title: Personnel Management

Professor: Liza Bartolome, Ed.D
Reporter: Emilie D. Ancheta
Topic: Fundamentals of Control

FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL
In management parlance, 'control' traditionally refers to the
activities of establishing standards of performance, evaluating actual
performance against these standards, and implementing corrective
actions to accomplish organizational objectives. In the complex and
extremely dynamic modern business environment, management control
systems are useful in fulfilling the needs of effectiveness, efficiency, and
adaptive learning. Management control is broadly concerned with the
attainment of goals and implementation of strategies.

Management control has been defined as "a process whereby

management and other groups are able to initiate and regulate the
conduct of activities so that their results accord with the goals and
expectations held by those groups." A management control system is "a
set of interrelated communication structures that facilitates the
processing of information for the purpose of assisting managers in
coordinating the parts and attaining the purpose of an organization on a
continuous basis".

WHAT IS CONTROL
Control
 Any process that directs the activities of individuals toward the
achievement of organizational goals
 The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure
desired results
 Ensures that the right things happen, in the right way, at the right time

Controlling is one of the most basic functions of management. It involves

several important steps that play a big role in effective management. In order
to meet their targets according to plans, managers must have a good control
system at disposal. This system requires certain basic elements for it to fulfil its
functions.

TYPES OF CONTROL

Experts in the management discipline define control as the process of

getting feedback about business operations in order to ensure that the set
standards are being met, and if they are not, then management takes the
necessary actions to address the identified deficiencies. Control involves the
comparison of business performance against the set standards and
objectives in order to identify weaknesses, rectify them and enact measures
to prevent their recurrence.

THREE TYPES OF CONTROL

OBJECTIVES OF INTERNAL CONTROL
1. To prevent errors and frauds.
2. To prevent miss use of goods and cash
3. To keep an accurate record of all the business transactions.
4. Protect organization assets against their improper expenditure.
5. Assure the accuracy and dependability of all the financial and
operating information.

External Control (schermerthon 2011) include as follows:

1. Bureaucratic or administrative control
2. Clan or normative control
3. Market or regulatory control
ELEMENTS OF CONTROL
1. Planning what is desired. Establish clear goals and objectives.

2. Establishing standards of performance. Establish realistic measurements of

the level and qualify of the goal(s),

3. Monitoring and evaluating actual performance. Establish of reporting

Information, which is accurate, relevant, timely and identifies any
deviations.

4. Comparing actual results with desired results. Interpret and evaluate

information in order to give details of progress, disclose deviations, and
identify causes.
5. Rectifying deviations and taking corrective action.
- After comparing the actual performance with the prescribed standards
and finding the deviations, the next step that should be taken by the
manager is to correct these deviations.
-Corrective action should be taken without wasting of time so that the
normal position can be restore quickly.
-These steps must be repeated periodically until the organization goal is
achieved.