Foundations of Control
By Mega, Christy & Nicolas
What Is Control and Why Is It Important ?
Nature & Importance of Control
Control
Management function that involves monitoring activities to ensure that they're being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations
Definition
Are goals being achieved ?
Control system effectiveness
The value of control
Important
2. Empowering employees
2. Empowering
3. Protecting the workplace
3. Protecting
What Takes Place as Managers Control ?
Three Steps in Control Process
1. Measuring actual performance
1.Measuring
3. Taking Managerial Action
1. Do nothing (Self- Explanatory)
2. Correct actual performance
2. Correct Actual performance
1. Immediate action
2. basic corrective action
What should managers Control?
Types of Controls Organizations
Feedforward control
Initiative 1
Concurrent control
Initiative 2
What gets controlled?
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Feedback control
Initiative 3
Discuss contemporary issues in control :
Do controls needs to be adjusted for cultural differences ?
Contempory Issues in Control
What challenges do managers face in controlling the workplace ?
Do Controls Need to Be Ajusted for Cultural Differences ?
Cultural Differences
Global or small Organization:
Different Organization
Technology's impact on control:
Different Technology
Different labour force and law:
Different Labour
What challenges do managers face in controlling the workplace ?
Controlling the Workplace
Is my work computer really mine ?
Employes are hire to work, not to surf the web
Ensure company that secrets are not being leaked
Workplace Privacy
- 87 percent of employes look at non work related Website while at work.
- More than half do this every day
Is employ theft on the rise ?
Controlling Employee Theft:
- 85% of theft are commited by employees
- Estimated about $4,500 per worker
Employe theft: Any unauthorized taking of company property by employees for their personal use.
Employ Theft
What can managers do about workplace violence ?
Controlling Workplace Violence
On everage every week :
- 1 employee is killed
- 25 are seriously injured
Workplace Violence
Managers experienced more and more harasment or verbal bullying, and phisical attacks
- Stress
- Long hours
- Deadlines
- Information overload
- Job uncerntainties