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Controlling
What factors have to be considered while deciding standards?
Following facts should be kept in mind while setting standards:
(i) Standards should be easily obtainable.
(ii) Standards should be measurable.
(iii) Standards should be flexible so that changes can be introduced according to the changing situations.
(iv) Standards should be simple and clear so that the people for whom they are laid down should understand them easily.
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Explain how controlling helps in ‘achieving better co-ordination’ and ‘better planning’.
‘Controlling is an indispensable function of management’. Do you agree? Give four reasons in support of your answer.
If planning is done carefully and accordingly other functions of management are going in the right direction, then there is no need of the controlling function of management. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
How does controlling help in ‘achieving objectives’ and ‘improving employees morale’?
“Controlling is a pervasive function”. Explain.
Does control help in ‘judging the accuracy of standards’ and ‘improving motivation of the employees’? Explain.
Which function of management ensures that actual activities conform to planned activities?
Name the function which reviews the operations in a business unit.
Why is it said that “controlling is a continuous activity”?
Discuss the relationship between planning and controlling.
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‘Planning and controlling are mutually interrelated and interdependent activities’. How?
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“There is a close and reciprocal relationship between planning and controlling”. Explain this statement through an example.
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