Associated Objectives

Explain what the function of control includes and how it is important

Explain the steps of the control process

Distinguish various tools used to measure organizational and employee performance

Prompt

During this week, we discussed the function of controlling and the tools managers use to measure performance. As you can see, this is important to the manager because it will determine whether there is a need for corrective action.

For this discussion board:

Identify a managers organizational or employee performance need to control and why the control is important in that situation.

Classify the control used for that situation (feedforward, concurrent, or feedback control).

Identify which tool was used and why.

Suggest any other type of control or tool that you would use.

In your replies, suggest any other tool managers can use to measure the performance presented.