The relationship between control and planning is very closely interrelated to each other. Without control, all planning are unproductive because not having a proper control over a plan leads to failure. Controlling is to keep a check on everything if it is going according to the plan and if anything is not going right than some preventive measures should be taken to stop or avoid any inconvenience. When controlling is done in an appropriate way, it is an incentive of a better and fruitful plan.
Complications arise at any stage of control, so it is very necessary to resolve those issues at any stage. In some cases, the side effects may be similar, but the cause of issue may be completely different. For instance, a building or a house caught fire its reasons may be different like due to flaming a cigarette, short circuit, aircraft crashing or thunderstorm. In such cases the issue is not cigarette thunderstorm or any other cause, the issue is fire and how to resolve it.
The companies need to plan and control access to the central databases and ensure that it has a backup. If the company does not know the threats to its central database, it would not be able to implement controls that are necessary for its safety. Moreover, the company needs controls in terms of granting permission to individuals to have access to it. Therefore, it is important to plan ahead and implement control measures according to the plan. Planning is said to be absolute meaningless without controlling and vice versa (Carpenter, Bauer, & Erdogan, 2010). Planning and controlling both strengthen each other every time and each of them energizes the other functions of management. Planning and controlling are essential components of an organization because they are equally important to run it smoothly (Tsai, Lin, Lin, & Liu, 2009).
References
Carpenter, M., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2010). Principles of Management. Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge, Inc.
Kreitner, R. (2008). Principles of Management. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.
Tsai, W. H., Lin, S. J., Lin, W. R., & Liu, J. Y. (2009). The relationship between planning \& control risk and ERP project success. In 2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (pp. 1835-1839). Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE.
