control

Examples of control in the following topics:

• Control Theory

  • Control theory explains that societal institutions without strong control of society can result in deviant behavior.
  • In other words, deviant behavior occurs when external controls on behavior are weak.
  • Decentralized control, or market control, is typically maintained through factors such as price, competition, or market share.
  • Centralized control, such as bureaucratic control, is typically maintained through administrative or hierarchical techniques that create standards or policies.
  • An example of mixed control is clan control, which contains both centralized and decentralized control.

• Feedback, Concurrent Control, and Feedforward

  • Bureaucratic control uses formal systems to influence employee behavior and help an organization achieve its goals.
  • Bureaucratic control is the use of formal systems of rules, roles, records, and rewards to influence, monitor, and assess employee performance.
  • The biggest advantage of bureaucratic control is that it creates a command and control cycle for the business leadership.
  • This means that bureaucratic control can narrow the scope of possible ideas and plans.
  • While software development may benefit from a more autonomous structure, for example, other industries benefit from the tight controls and tall hierarchies of bureaucratic control.

• Maintaining Control

  • According to modern concepts, control is a foreseeing action; an earlier concept of control identified it as chiefly detecting errors.
  • Control thus comprises three main questions: Where are we now?
  • Control is inherently cyclical.
  • Mockler presented a more comprehensive definition of managerial control.
  • This is where control comes into play.

• Introduction to Version Control

  • A version control system (or revision control system) is a combination of technologies and practices for tracking and controlling changes to a project's files, in particular to source code, documentation, and web pages.
  • If you have never used version control before, the first thing you should do is go find someone who has, and get them to join your project.
  • These days, everyone will expect at least your project's source code to be under version control, and probably will not take the project seriously if it doesn't use version control with at least minimal competence.
  • The version control system provides a central coordinating force among all of these areas.
  • This section does not discuss all aspects of using a version control system.

• Cash Controls

  • If designed well, internal controls can prevent theft and fraud.
  • While internal control should be designed for every aspect of a business's operation, the controls for cash are arguably among the most important.
  • The Control Environment.
  • Control activities.
  • Control activities are steps that a business takes to minimize risks.

• Internal and External Control

  • Control uses information from the past and present and projections for the future to create effective control processes.
  • Control involves making observations about past and present control functions to make assessments of future outputs.
  • These are called feedback, concurrent control, and feedforward, respectively.
  • Concurrent control is active engagement in a current process where observations are made in real time.
  • Diagram the control process of feedback, concurrent control, and feedforward within the organizational control context

• Statistical Controls

  • Ideally, all variables in an experiment will be controlled (accounted for by the control measurements) and none will be uncontrolled.
  • Controlled experiments can be performed when it is difficult to exactly control all the conditions in an experiment.
  • The simplest types of control are negative and positive controls.
  • Positive controls are often used to assess test validity.
  • When possible, multiple positive controls may be used.

• The Quality Control Cycle

  • Quality control is used to evaluate and address the quality of the goods a business provides.
  • Quality control and quality assurance have different purposes.
  • To maintain an effective quality control program, a business must follow these important guidelines:
  • Most importantly, a quality control process should be an ongoing process.
  • Describe effective quality control processes as they are employed in the business environment

• Social Control

  • Social control refers to the various means used by a society to bring its members back into line with cultural norms.
  • There are two general types of social control:
  • Some researchers have outlined some of the motivations underlying the formal social control system.
  • rehabilitation - some argue that formal social controls should work to rehabilitate criminals, eventually turning them into productive members of society
  • societal protection - finally, some argue that the motivation for formal social controls is nothing more than removing the deviant members of society from the non-deviant members

• Elements of Managing Control

  • This control process consists of key elements that management must be aware of before designing control systems.
  • Condition or Characteristic - Because organizational systems are large and complex, it is virtually impossible to control every aspect of their operations with rigid control mechanisms.
  • Controllers can, however, determine the key conditions or characteristics of output and monitor them.
  • The key components of any control sequence will underline these four elements.
  • Model an effective managing control procedure that incorporates the key components required for effective control processes