THE CONTROL PROCESS
It is important to know that control plays a positive and necessary role in the management process. It is always good to have things under control.
Importance of Controlling
Controlling is a process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results. The purpose is to make sure that the plans are accomplished, that actual performance meets or surpasses objectives. The foundation of control is information. Planning sets the directions and allocates resources. Organizing brings people and material resources together in working combinations. Leading inspires people to best utilize these resources. Controlling helps to ensure that accomplishments throughout an organization are coordinated in means-ends fashion. It also helps ensure that people comply with organizational policies and procedures.
Effective control is important to organizational learning as it offers the great opportunity of learning from experience.
For example, the program of after-action review pioneered by the US Army and now utilized by the Canadian military, firefighters, and in many corporate settings. The review helps make continuous improvement a part of the organizational culture. It also encourages everyone involved to take responsibility for their performance efforts and accomplishments.
It is important to know that control plays a positive and necessary role in the management process. It is always good to have things under control.
Importance of Controlling
Controlling is a process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results. The purpose is to make sure that the plans are accomplished, that actual performance meets or surpasses objectives. The foundation of control is information. Planning sets the directions and allocates resources. Organizing brings people and material resources together in working combinations. Leading inspires people to best utilize these resources. Controlling helps to ensure that accomplishments throughout an organization are coordinated in means-ends fashion. It also helps ensure that people comply with organizational policies and procedures.
Effective control is important to organizational learning as it offers the great opportunity of learning from experience.
For example, the program of after-action review pioneered by the US Army and now utilized by the Canadian military, firefighters, and in many corporate settings. The review helps make continuous improvement a part of the organizational culture. It also encourages everyone involved to take responsibility for their performance efforts and accomplishments.