You have just started a new job at Sun Records. Your manager, Mary Ford, is also new and she wants your help in convincing the owner, Luther Perkins, to implement some new control mechanisms. Mary wants you to come up with some reasons why creating a control system would be a good thing for Sun Records. In a memo to Mary, outline the six key reasons for controlling and why each of them is important.

You have just started a new job at Sun Records. Your manager, Mary Ford, is also new and she wants your help in convincing the owner, Luther Perkins, to implement some new control mechanisms. Mary wants you to come up with some reasons why creating a control system would be a good thing for Sun Records. In a memo to Mary, outline the six key reasons for controlling and why each of them is important.

Principles of Management

OER 2019th Edition

ISBN:9780998625768

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter17: Organizational Planning And Controlling

Section17.8: The Control- And Involvement-oriented Approaches To Planning And Controlling

Problem 1CC: Describe the execution of the planning and controlling activities under control- and involvement-...

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