Organizational Control
Give one of the questions that organizational controls should consider
Open ended question
Name one mechanism of output control
Financial measures of performance
Organizational goals
Operating budgets
Name one disadvantage of Direct Supervision
Costly
Infeasible
Decrease levels of motivation
This culture is characterized as having an internal focus and valuing flexibility. This type of organization encourages collaboration between employees and is committed to having a cohesive work group and high job satisfaction.
Clan culture
What should done before execute the change?
Ensure employees ready for change
Compare actual performance to targets/standards is in which step out of the four steps of organizational control process?
Step 3
Pros of output control
Objective, easy to measure
What is the advantage of bureaucratic controls?
Important to provide standardized quality
A culture in which values and norms help an organization to build momentum and to grow and change as needed to achieve its goals and be effective.
Adaptive culture
What is the last process of organizational change?
Evaluate the change
What are two things that organization should evaluate when measure actual performance?
Outputs and behaviors
What day is today?
Monday
Name one of the disadvantage of bureaucratic control?
May result in too many rules, slower decision making
May lead to automatically following rules, failing to think independently
A culture that lead to values and norms that fail to motivate or inspire employees; they lead to stagnation and often failure over time.
Inert cultures
Which company is founded by Mark Zuckerberg?
How many people are there in this section?
34+1=35
Cons of output control
May encourage bad behavior to achieve objectives
Three steps of management by objective
Step 1. Specific goals set at each level of the organization
Step 2. Managers and subordinates work together to set subordinates's goals
Step 3. Managers and subordinates monitor process toward goals together
What kind of cultures do 3M, UPS, Microsoft, and IBM have, inert or adaptive?
Adaptive cultures
What role are entrepreneurs playing in controlling?
Notice opportunity and take responsibility for mobilizing resources to improve goods and services