Effective Control System

Effective Control System

The management of any organization must develop a control system tailored to its organization’s goals and objectives.

          There are certain requirement of effective control system –

1.     Feedback – It is the process of adjusting future actions based upon the information regarding past performance. If feedback practice is followed by the management, the control process will be very easy.

2.     Objective – Control should be objective. Its means there is a certainty of control. The impartial appraisal of performance is necessary for certain of control.

3.     Suitability – The control system should conform to the nature of deviations. The control technique may be used, if there is any need.

4.     Forward Looking – Effective control system must focus how the future actions will conform to plans. In other words, the control system should provide an aid in planning.

5.     Flexible – The standards or criteria should be altered from time to time. The season is that the standards should conform to the present requirements. Hence, the control system should be flexible in accordance with the change standards.

6.     Motivation – A good control system should be employee centered. The control is designed to secure positive reactions from employees. When large deviations are found the employee will be properly directed and guided instead of being punished. The very purpose of control is prevention and not punishing.

7.     Economy – The benefits derived from the control system should be more than the cost of exercising such a control system.

8.     Intelligible – The control system should not be a complicated one. The control system should be easily understood by an ordinary layman of the organization.