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Concurrent Control Method

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Concurrent Control Method

Controlling is a management function. It is a process in which performance is monitored, and actions taken to ensure that desired results are achieved. Controlling ensures that things happen in the right manner, done the rights way and in the correct time. Management is capable of implanting the control before an activity commences, when it is still ongoing or immediately after the activity has been completed (Griffin, 2011). Control methods occur in three types namely concurrent, feedback, and feed-forward. This paper discusses various aspects of concurrent control method, its examples and what the method measures.

Concurrent control method occurs when a particular activity is ongoing. It involves regulating all the progressing activities that are part of the transformation process in an organization to ensure that they all conform to the organizational standards. This method is designed to ensure that work activities done by the employees produce the right results. Since it involves regulating and monitoring of the ongoing tasks, an individual must understand the specific tasks involved as well as their relationship to the products.

At times, this method is called yes-no control or screening. This is because it involves checkpoints whereby determinations are made on whether to continue with the progress, consider taking corrective action or even stop work altogether for services or products (Griffin, 2011). An example is where most of the manufacturing operations comprise of devices that measure whether all the items being produced meet the desired quality standards. In most workplaces, employees monitor the measurement, and if they organization's standards are not met in some areas, they make the necessary corrections by themselves. Alternatively, they ensure that the managers are aware that a problem is occurring. In the organization I worked for, and the management used concurrent method in tracking their goals. The concurrent control is useful in tracking how activities are being handled in the organization as well as its progress. The controls depend on the performance, rules, regulation, standards for guiding employee’s tasks and behaviors. Overall, concurrent control method is effective in monitoring all the management functions.

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Griffin, R. W. (2011). Management. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.