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 top four reasons why employees resist control in an organisation. The reasons are: 1. Over-Control 2. Inappropriate Focus 3. Rewards for Inefficiency 4. Accountability. Reason # 1. Over-Control: Occasionally, organisations go into excessiveness and make the mistake of over-control; they try to control too many things. This becomes especially problematic when the controls pertain [...]