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CONTROL
What is Control?
Why is Control Important?
Types of Control
Step 3:
Taking
Managerial
Action
Measuring
How to measure:
Source of information
personal observation,
statistical reports, oral
reports, & written reports
What to measure:
Is probably more critical to
the control process than how
to measure
Comparing
Determines the degree
of variation between
actual performance &
the standard
Corrects Corrects
Anticipates
Problems as Problems after
problems
they happen they occur
Types of Control
Feedforward control a type of control
that focuses on preventing anticipated
problems since it takes place in advance of
the actual work activity.
Concurrent control a type of control that
takes place while a work activity is in
progress
Feedback control a type of control that
takes place after a work activity is done.
Contingency Factors in the
Design of Control Systems
Organization size
Position & level
Degree of
decentralization
Organizational culture
Importance of an
activity
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
CONTROL
Workplace privacy
Employee theft
Workplace violence