Question

Mr.Arfaaz had been heading the production department of Writewell Products Ltd., a firm manufacturing stationary items. The firm secured an export order that had to be completed on a priority basis and production targets were defined for all the employees. One of the workers, Mr.Bhanu Prasad, fell short of his daily production target by 10 units for two days consecutively. Mr.Arfaaz approached MsVasundhara, the CEO of the Company, to file a complaint against MrBhanu Prasad and requested her to terminate his services. Explain the principle of management control that MsVasundhara should consider while taking her decision. (Hint: Management by exception).

Answer 1

The principle of management control that MS Vasundhara must consider while making her decision is management by exception. It means that any attempt to control everything results in controlling nothing. Only those deviations must be brought to notice which are beyond the permissible limit. In this case, Mr. Bhanu hairstyle has fallen short of his daily production target only by 10 units. This is only a small deviation and it is not right to terminate him on the basis of this.