Control and Motivation in Organizational Managment
SOC 402: Contemporary Social Problems and the Workplace
Control and Motivation
The dictionary defines control as a verb which means “to exercise restraint or direction over, to dominate or command.” Control in an organization is very important. An organization that doesn’t have control over its workers or its products will soon find that their profit margin is not growing into what they planned. Like wise an organization that demonstrates too much control over its employees will soon find that their dominating presence stifles the creative nature of its workers and results in an unhappy workforce. Finding a medium in the amount of control instated is a major concern for many organizations. Before an organization can become available to the market it has many different decisions and stages of planning to develop and determine, one of these stages is to decide what type of control system to adopt. The control system that is chosen must help to motivate everyone involved. In this paper I will discuss the different types of control systems and how the fundamentals of each determine affects managers and the motivational factor of its employees. The first form of control that will be discussed it the idea of an authoritarian organization. “In authoritarian organizations it is orders which are passed down from above and the manager's role is to pass orders down the 'chain of command'. He is usually not expected to make decisions and so carries little responsibility. He does order and may compel the worker to carry out the tasks demanded from him, to produce.” (Davidmann, 2006) Authoritarian organizations are very strict. There is little freedom involved when receiving orders. In this type of organization a decision is made at the top of an organization and then sent down through the ranks until it is received by a manager who then tells the employees or workers the new decision or policy. There are a few problems with this form of control,
Control and Motivation
The dictionary defines control as a verb which means “to exercise restraint or direction over, to dominate or command.” Control in an organization is very important. An organization that doesn’t have control over its workers or its products will soon find that their profit margin is not growing into what they planned. Like wise an organization that demonstrates too much control over its employees will soon find that their dominating presence stifles the creative nature of its workers and results in an unhappy workforce. Finding a medium in the amount of control instated is a major concern for many organizations. Before an organization can become available to the market it has many different decisions and stages of planning to develop and determine, one of these stages is to decide what type of control system to adopt. The control system that is chosen must help to motivate everyone involved. In this paper I will discuss the different types of control systems and how the fundamentals of each determine affects managers and the motivational factor of its employees. The first form of control that will be discussed it the idea of an authoritarian organization. “In authoritarian organizations it is orders which are passed down from above and the manager's role is to pass orders down the 'chain of command'. He is usually not expected to make decisions and so carries little responsibility. He does order and may compel the worker to carry out the tasks demanded from him, to produce.” (Davidmann, 2006) Authoritarian organizations are very strict. There is little freedom involved when receiving orders. In this type of organization a decision is made at the top of an organization and then sent down through the ranks until it is received by a manager who then tells the employees or workers the new decision or policy. There are a few problems with this form of control,