Question: Pages 156-158 of the textbook discuss three types of controls. Describ

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Pages 156-158 of the textbook discuss three types of controls. Describe how you can use the concepts of control in your own personal life. Be specific in your examples and think in terms of the preventative, concurrent and corrective controls that you use for different parts of your life. Write at least 250 words.

The three types of controls are: The first type is called preventive control, the second is concurrent control, and the last is corrective control.

Definitions:

Preventive control is a type of control that anticipates and prevents undesirable outcomes.

Concurrent control is a type of control that takes place while an activity is in progress.

Corrective control is a type of control that provides feedback after an activity is finished to prevent future deviations.

Explanation / Answer

There are multiple examples, but according to me the listing of products and purchasing them from the supermarket is the best example for three types of controls. Through this example I have observed that All the forms of controls described above are useful not even in management practices but also in real life scenarios:

At home before leaving for the supermarket, I am making a list of products which are there in the plan to purchase (Preventative control). At this level, I am Detecting and anticipating the problems and ensuring that when after entering the supermarket I do not get deviated from it in advance of their occurrence.

After entering the supermarket, I am searching for the products and selecting other variants/brands if the one mentioned in the list is not available (Concurrent control). At this stage, I am acting on an activity while proceeding. I am ensuring that corrections and adjustments are made according to the need.

After completing the payment at the supermarket and coming back to home. I am comparing the products which I have purchased along with the list of products which I had mentioned in the list and products mentioned in the bill to review whether all of them are there or not (Corrective control). At this stage, I am using the past information with the information I have in the present which is also known as post-action control. I measure the activity which has already occurred, and it is impossible to go back and correct it.

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