o Purpose of Control
In any organization there are several essentially unavoidable factors that must be dealt with during the controlling process. Depending on the size and complexity of the organization not all these factors may not arise at the same time, or at all, however all companies have to manage control in one form or another.
This figure (Management 11e), shows the four basic functions of the control process.
Below are the four basic functions in detail:
Environmental Change: The Griffin text makes the seemingly obvious statement “If managers could establish goals and achieve them instantaneously, control would not be needed” this statement is meant to show the importance of environmental change. As time passes change is inevitable and organizations must adapt to those changes. Managers must be able to anticipate, monitor, and respond to changing circumstances (Griffin, 2013).
Limiting the Accumulation of Error: Another inevitable factor in any organization is small mistakes and errors; like they say, nobody’s perfect. While minor errors don’t usually have a major effect on an organization accumulation of errors over time can lead to major problems. Managers must work to control the smaller mistakes and errors within an organization to ensure they don’t add up to bigger problems down the road (Griffin, 2013).
Coping with org. complexity: Some smaller and more specialized companies don’t have to spend much effort coping with the complexity of their organizations, but larger companies with more diverse products are much more complicated. A large, complicated company has a lot of logistics to work through to get anything done and Managers must operate in a much more developed system to maintain control (Griffin, 2013).
Minimizing costs: To effectively manage these inevitable factors, managers must expect them and have a plan in place for when they arise. There are several different ways the control process can be executed but there are four widely accepted steps a Manager can follow to get the baseline for your organizational control plan. These steps are broken out by Griffin but are generally agreed upon by many in the business world (Griffin, 2013).
Next in the overview is the Controlling Process
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Griffin, R.W. Management Eleventh Edition, Mason OH, South-Western
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