Uop Mgt 330 Control Mechanium
Control Mechanism
Control Mechanisms are management tools used in the control function of management and are as important as other function of management because it enables an organization to check for errors and minimize risks in areas of concern and achieve organizational goals in the desired manner. Organizations have to identify and establish effective control mechanisms in the organizations planning process so that corrective measures are in place. In Microsoft Corporation, a leading global software company has established management audit or control, budgetary control, financial control and market control mechanisms to help identify the organizations potential risks and take corrective actions. Organizations establishes effective control mechanisms as these mechanism are an important tool but these control mechanisms have positive and negative reactions and can affect all functions of management.
To establish control mechanisms within an organization to measure an organizations operation, managers must understand the control function of management. According to Henry Fayrol, “Control of an undertaking consists of seeing that everything is being carried out in accordance with the plan, which has been adopted, the orders, which have been given, and the principles, which have been laid down. Its object is to point out mistakes in order that they may be rectified and prevented from recurring,” H. Fayol (1949). Control mechanisms are continued management process associated with each level of management determined to achieve organizational goals and objectives. In Microsoft Corporation, the boards of directors have established management audit or control, budgetary control, financial control, and market control as the organizations control mechanism.
Bureaucratic Control is the umbrella to management audit control, budgetary control, financial control, and market and clan control mechanisms. Management control can be defined as a...
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