Control (management)

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Control is a function of management that assists in identifying errors and taking the proper corrective actions. Simply, it ensures that activities are performed properly and without error. According to modern concepts, control is a proactive action since earlier concepts of control were only used when errors were detected. Control in management includes setting standards, measuring performance, and taking corrective action in decision-making. In 1916, Henri Fayol formulated one of the first definitions of control as it pertains to management: 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 objective is to point out mistakes so that they may be rectified and prevented from recurring. According to E. F. L. Brech: Control is checking current performance against pre-determined standards contained in the plans, with a view to ensuring adequate progress and satisfactory performance. According to Harold Koontz: Controlling is the measurement and correction of performance to make sure that enterprise objectives and the plans devised to attain them are accomplished. According to Stafford Beer: Management is the profession of control. According to Robert J. Mockler, who presented a more comprehensive definition of managerial control: Management control can be defined as a systematic effort by business management to compare performance to predetermined standards, plans, or objectives in order to determine whether performance is in line with these standards and presumably in order to take any remedial action required to see that human and other corporate resources are being used in the most effective and efficient way possible in achieving corporate objectives. — Robert J. Mockler, Readings in Management Control, p. 14