Control Function of Management

The word "controlling" when applied to management principles has been unfairly demonized. Good controls allow organizations to be more responsive and adaptable in today's rapidly changing world. In addition good controls properly utilized can help to build morale among employees, much more than the rigidly structured organizations of the past. Simply put, controlling is monitoring and adjusting resources and processes to achieve its objectives in an effective way.
Some people go so far as to claim that management shouldn't exercise any form of control whatsoever. They claim that management should exist to support employee's efforts to be fully productive members of organizations and communities -- therefore; any form of control is completely counterproductive to management and employees. (Fisher, 1992) Some people even react strongly against the phrase "management control". The word itself can have a negative connotation, e.g., it can sound and heavy-handed.
Regardless of the negativ...