Security Risks and Controls

A control will only be effective if it is

• not followed by corrective action.

• aligned with competitors’ objectives.

• difficult to track.

• easy to understand.

When implementing new controls, managers should be careful not to

• use cost-effective methods for establishing control

• include all affected team members in the controls

• disrupt established processes and procedures

• base the controls on the most up-to-date information

The primary way that managers control employees is by

• monitoring how the company’s public relations team is performing.

• interacting with customers to see how employees are doing.

• making sure employees are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

• controlling the level of work-life balance that employees enjoy.

When managers control their businesses’ finances, their primary goal is to ensure that

• employees are taking full advantage of the company’s financial savings benefits.

• the company is using its funds wisely, while earning as much as it can.

• money is being set aside for community outreach programs.

• the organization is spending more money than it is taking in.

Which of the following presents serious security risks that managers must monitor and control:

• Employees

• Technology

• Production of goods

• Marketing

A quality-control manager inspecting a production line while it is in operation is an example of a ________ control.

• simultaneous

• feedback

• feedforward

• concurrent

When managers control their businesses’ finances, their primary goal is to ensure which of the following?

• The company is using its funds wisely, while earning as much as it can.

• The organization is spending more money than it is taking in.

• Employees are taking full advantage of the company’s financial savings benefits.

• Money is being set aside for community outreach programs.

What is the primary way that managers control employees by?

• Controlling the level of work-life balance that employees enjoy.

• Monitoring how the company’s public relations team is performing.

• Making sure employees are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

• Interacting with customers to see how employees are doing.

Introducing a product to a limited group of customers to see what its acceptance will be is what type of control?

• technology

• human resources

• marketing

• product/production

Managerial control is the management function that involves

• monitoring the work effort by comparing actual results to standards.

• deciding what will be done and how it will be accomplished.

• providing guidance to workers and work projects.

• setting up the way the business’s work will be done.