This article throws light upon the top four ways for overcoming resistance to control. The ways are: 1. Create Effective Controls 2. Encourage Participation 3. Using MBO 4. Checks and Balances. Way # 1. Create Effective Controls: Perhaps the best way to overcome resistance to control is to create effective control to begin with. If control systems are properly integrated [...]
This article throws light upon the five important steps involved in organisational control process. The steps are: 1. Establishing Standards 2. Determining Performance Measurements 3. Measuring Performance 4. Comparing Performance against Standards and Analysing Deviations 5. Taking Corrective Action, if Needed. Step # 1. Establishing Standards: The first step in the control process is establishment of standards of performance. A [...]
This article throws light upon the three key benefits of exercising control in an organisation. The benefits are: 1. Changing Circumstances 2. Compounding of Errors 3. Organisational Complexity. Benefit # 1. Changing Circumstances: In today's highly complex and turbulent environment, all business organisations must find ways of coping with change. If managers could set goals and achieve them in no [...]