Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Business Studies

Chapter

Controlling

Question:

Identify the importance of controlling.

Options:

Judging accuracy of standards

Clarity in working relationships

Difficulty in setting quantitative standards

Costly affair

Correct Answer:

Judging accuracy of standards

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1- Judging accuracy of standards.

Judging accuracy of standards is the importance of controlling. 

Judging accuracy of standards: A good control system enables management to verify whether the standards set are accurate and objective. An efficient control system keeps a careful check on the changes taking place in the organisation and in the environment and helps to review and revise the standards in light of such changes.

 

OTHER OPTIONS

  • Difficulty in setting quantitative standards: Control system loses some of its effectiveness when standards cannot be defined in quantitative terms. This makes measurement of performance and their comparison with standards a difficult task. Employee morale, job satisfaction and human behaviour are such areas where this problem might arise.
  • Costly affair: Control is a costly affair as it involves a lot of expenditure, time and effort. A small enterprise cannot afford to install an expensive control system. It cannot justify the expenses involved. Managers must ensure that the costs of installing and operating a control system should not exceed the benefits derived from it.
  • Clarity in working relationships- It is importance of organising. The establishment of working relationships clarifies lines of communication and specifies who is to report to whom. This removes ambiguity in transfer of information and instructions. It helps in creating a hierarchical order thereby enabling the fixation of responsibility and specification of the extent of authority to be exercised by an individual.