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Management and Organization Behavior. MGMT 3140 Managerial Control. Twins. Planning Control. Types of Business Controls. Bureaucratic control Market control “Clan control” (organization culture). Steps in a Control Procedure. Steps in a Control Procedure.
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Management and Organization Behavior MGMT 3140 Managerial Control
Twins • Planning • Control
Types of Business Controls • Bureaucratic control • Market control • “Clan control” (organization culture)
Steps in a Control Procedure • Setting performance standards (plan) (speed) • Measuring performance (measure speed) • Comparing actual to plan • Taking action to correct problems and reinforce success
Common Standards • Sales level • Profit level • Number of customers • Number of orders • Project completion dates (step/milestones dates) • Quality measures • Time to resolve issues • Costs (both variable and fixed) • Return on Investment
Measuring Performance • Financial reports (most common) • Balance sheet • Income statement • Cash flow • Project reviews • MBWA • Phone calls, visits • Surveys
Principle of Exception • Quality • 5 pieces per 1000? • Old fashioned standard…
Three Approaches • Feedforward (system design) • Concurrent • Feedback
Six Sigma • A statistically based control tool to analyze processes, identify problems or opportunities, make changes, then compare results to insure obtaining the desired improvement
Audits • Internal • External • Accounting • Other
Budget Controls • Most common general control • Reason for “managerial accounting” • Must consider cycles, seasons • Can be (and often is) specific projects
Common Budgets • Sales • Production • Cost • Cash • Capital • Master (profit plan)
Making Budgets • Top down • Bottom up • Combination is most common today
Importance • Balance sheet • Profit and Loss statement
Balance Sheet Keys • Liquidity • Investment (ROI) • Debt • Quality of assets • Intangibles
Designing Bureaucratic Controls • Make sure that controls don’t bring about unethical behavior • Modern control systems
More on Controls • Use valid standards • Use a team approach • Watch the “deadly sins (Hammer, Deming) • Provide good base information and feedback • Balanced scorecard
Market Control • Impact on all • Freedman • Transfer price
Clan Control (Culture) • People what to use their brains • Empowerment • “A fish rots at the head first”