Concept of Controlling

State the role of 'Speed Boss' in functional foremanship.

With the help of a diagram explain 'Functional Foremanship' as a technique of scientific management.

'A.S. Ltd' is a large company engaged in the assembly of air-conditioners. Recently the company had conducted the Time' and 'Motion' study and concluded that on an average a worker can assemble ten air-conditioners in a day. The target volume of the company in a day is assembling of 1,000 units of air-conditioners. The company is providing attractive allowances to reduce labour turnover and absenteeism. All the workers are happy. Even then the assembly of air-conditioners per day is 800 units only. To find out the reason the company compared the actual performance of each worker and observed through C.C.T.V. that some of the workers were busy in gossiping.

1) Identify the function of management discussed above.

2) State those steps in the process of the function identified which are discussed in the above paragraph.

Hina Sweets is a renowned name for quality sweets since 1935. Harsh the owner of Hina Sweets was worried as the sales had declined during the last three months. When he enquired from the Sales Manager, the Sales Manager reported that there were some complaints about the quality of sweets. Therefore Harsh ordered for sample checking of sweets.

Identify the step taken by Harsh that is related to one of the functions of management.

State the meaning of controlling.

Give any two standards that can be used by a company to evaluate the performance of its Finance & Accounting department.

Which term is used to indicate the difference between standard performance and actual performance?

'An effort to control everything may end up in controlling nothing'. Explain.