BENEFITS OF CONTROL


Control is necessary to be certain that the organization gains its objectives. But let's look at the benefits in terms of specifics:


1. Control helps future planning. Since records of performance are part of controlling you have "yardsticks" to guide your future planning of work activities. You also know the probable variations in performance you can expect.


2. Control helps organization. You now have more facts. You know where and when problems occur. Hopefully, you solved them and in future organizing can avoid them.


3. Control helps to motivate your people. Everyone has a standard of performance as part of the control. This means each employee knows what is expected of him. (Usually, he should have a hand in setting the standards and the goals.) He knows they are realistic and he is committed to achieve them. The standards, then, are a self-motivating factor for most people we like to "beat the record".


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