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State and explain the limitations of control processes.

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1. Lack of satisfactory standards
It is quite difficult to fix satisfactory standards for many activities particularly those, which involve intangible performances such as results of management developments, human relations and public relations. Activities of the workers for service of advisory nature and other activities relating to the behavior of the workers do not indicate quantitative output. Therefore controlling becomes difficult in such areas where qualitative factors are involved.

2. Effects of external factors
Internal factors could be checked and put in the right perspective in time by proper systems of control, but it is impossible to check and control the external factors. For example, change in the Government policy, new inventions or discoveries, changes in the fashions and liking of the consumers etc., cannot be checked by the system of control.

3. More expensive device
To make the control more systematic and effective, it requires careful and timely investigation of different business activities. It enables the unit to find out the causes of variations with the actual provisions made in the budgets. In order to investigate all the activities one has to appoint more skilled people, which requires more money to reward the workers for their work. It, therefore, becomes a costly affair in terms of money and time.

4. Human reactions to control
Control creates tension in the minds of workers and their actions and thinking is affected. The pressure of work gives the negative results and reduces the quality and quality of work. The workers ignore long-term goals and give false reports about the performance, too. If the system of control is introduced in the organization in detail, and close check of individual performance exists, then it produces adverse results among lower level managers.

Kavungya answered the question on March 27, 2019 at 05:35

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