What Is Portion Control?

Control refers to the process of monitoring and correcting to ensure that the plans in the organization are completed as required. Specifically, control is to continuously receive and exchange internal and external information of the enterprise, investigate and supervise the implementation of actual economic activities in accordance with predetermined planned indicators and standards, and if deviations are found, identify the main reason in time, and according to changes in environmental conditions , Take self-adjusting measures to enable the company's production and operation activities to be carried out according to a predetermined plan or to modify the plan appropriately to ensure the management of the company's economic goals. ^[1]

One of the basic functions controlling functional management activities. No matter how thorough the organizational plan is, if there is no effective control, a decision or plan cannot be effectively implemented, the management work may deviate from the plan, and the organizational goals may not be successfully achieved. In order to manage more effectively, the organization must establish a good organizational control system. In this chapter, we will discuss the concept of control, the type of control, the process of control, the characteristics of effective control systems, and the methods of control. ^[1]

Control refers to the process of monitoring and correcting to ensure that the plans in the organization are completed as required. Specifically, control is to continuously receive and exchange internal and external information of the enterprise, investigate and supervise the implementation of actual economic activities in accordance with predetermined planned indicators and standards, and if deviations are found, identify the main reason in time, and according to changes in environmental conditions , Take self-adjusting measures to enable the company's production and operation activities to be carried out according to a predetermined plan or to modify the plan appropriately to ensure the management of the company's economic goals. ^[1]

The necessity of modern enterprise control is mainly determined by the following reasons.

1. Changes in the corporate environment. Under the conditions of a socialist market economy, market demands are constantly changing, market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and competition means are becoming increasingly diverse. Similar types of enterprises are constantly emerging, and at the same time, some similar types of enterprises are gradually being eliminated. Therefore, enterprises must adjust their own business behaviors and changes in the business environment and the outside environment in a timely manner in accordance with changes in market demand, and will inevitably require enterprises to use the management method of control during the implementation of the plan to continuously adjust their production and operation activities. To meet the needs of internal and external environmental changes, to achieve the goals of business operations. ^[1]

   Due to the ubiquity of control work, control can be classified according to various criteria.

   (1) Effective control can ensure that the organization's plan is adapted to the external environment

   Organizational plans cannot be static, and almost all plans cannot be implemented smoothly. Because any goals and plans are formulated at specific times and under specific environmental conditions, once the environment changes, managers must adjust the plan by controlling activities. Especially in a complex and changing market environment, it is difficult to accurately predict future developments and changes, and it is even more necessary to adjust the plan at any time according to target standards in order to adapt actual activities to the changed environment and implement new plan requirements. Better reach your goals. ^[1]

   (2) Effective control can ensure that the plan is in harmony with the interests of each department of the organization

   The overall goal of the organization is composed of the goals of each department. In the process of decomposing and implementing the overall goal, the manager must also carry out a large number of coordination work on each department and its activities to avoid standardism and ensure that all departments Able to obey the overall needs. Without an effective managerial control system, there may be a situation of fragmentation. The development of various departments may deviate from the overall goals and plans, which will seriously cause system confusion and make limited human, material and financial resources impossible. Reasonable allocation and effective use. ^[1]

   (3) Effective control can ensure that the organizational plan matches the quality, ability and responsibility of personnel at all levels

   Even with the correct plan, it is still not certain that all work plans can be successfully completed. Work depends on people. People have different talents, work motivations and attitudes. The completion of planned tasks will have different requirements for the ability and quality of the responsible person. Only through inspection and supervision can the planned tasks be found in time. Mismatches with responsible personnel, analysis of their responsibilities, know their performance evaluation standards, so as to always introspection; managers therefore have a reference to examine the work performance of their subordinates, otherwise they may get out of control. ^[1]