Management

** Discussion Question 150 word or more**

Control As a Management Function

Up until this point in the course, we have learned about planning, organizing, and leading. We conclude our journey with the final function of control. Your textbook states that control is the management function that involves monitoring activities to ensure that they are being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations. Control is the final link of the function and it is a process.

This week, please share your thoughts related to control as a management function. Here are some ideas to get you started:

· Share your understanding of the control process, and of how you can help ensure that it works smoothly and effectively.

· Why is the control process a critical and final step of management functions?

· Share any experience with strong or weak control processes you have encountered and how it affected performance.

· What about this week’s content did you find to be of most interest related to your professional development and/or academic journey?