Essay Plan

ESSAY PLAN

RESEARCH ON BASIC CONTROL PROCESS UNDER THE CYBERNETIC CONTROL SYSTEM

Introduction

Description of the Basic Control Process

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This part I will introduce the basic control process and the characteristics of it.

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The

whole

procedure:

setting

standards,

measuring

performance,

comparing

performance to the standards, analysing the deviations, developing and implementing

corrective programs

Necessity and Possibility of Adding More Control

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To determine if more control is necessary, managers need to carefully assess regulation

costs.

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Another

factor

for

managers

to

determine

besides

regulation

cost

is

cybernetic

feasibility.

Background - Relevant Theories and Models Sketch

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In

this

part,

the

control

process

is

restated

and

interpreted

both

in

theory

and

in

practice.

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Illustrate cybernetic control and its feature of automatic operation.

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Consider the diagrammatic model of a cybernetic control system and the mechanism of

the procedure.

Analysis

Example applied based on control process

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An

example

of

control

process

from

my

university

to

demonstrate

the

basic

control

process.

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It was about a fire safety education.

Analysis of the Example

–

How Does the Process Work?

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Explain the standard of standards of measuring our performance during the fire safety

education.

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Explain the method to measure our performance.

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Compared the results with the previously set standards and identified the deviations.

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Find out the reason of the deviation

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The feasibility of the applied examples

It is a suitable example because it can be explained by two main definitions in the textbook.

One is

Control

, and the other is

Standards

.

Discussion - Further Discussion beyond the Specific Example

Views from three journal articles:

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Control

is

always

purposive,

but

it

isn’t

always

done

on

purpose

(Green

and

Welsh,

1988).

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controlling one’s behaviour is different from influencing his or her behaviour (Green and

Welsh, 1988)

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On

the

second

step

of

control,

recording

the

outcome

of

the

organisation

needs

the

manager to monitor the running or operating of the activities. (Inzlicht, Legault & Teper,

2014).

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Considering

the

possibility

of

control,

people

should

take

into

account

some

financial

and

technical

impediments

result

from

the

high

cost

of

consultants

and

the

lack

of

coordination among existing systems (Pollanen, 2014).

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Balanced- scorecard framework is focused on nonfinancial measures related to process,

learning/growth,

and

customer

perspectives,

in

addition

to

traditional

financial

performance (Pollanen, 2014).

Conclusion

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The goals fulfilment is on the basis of the improvement brought by control rather than

changes by the impulse of power.

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Self-control may be more effective during the basic control process, compared with the

bureaucratic control.

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While

the

proper

measurement

of

one’s

performance

based

on

track

monitoring

is

a

continuous assessment.

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The

cost

of

conducting

the

every

step

of

the

control

process

should

be

less

than

the

coming benefits.

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Managers should view the organisational goals from a more comprehensive way.

References

Three articles from journals; one textbook

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SUMMARISING AND EVALUATING ARTICLES FROM SCHOLARLY JOURNALS (1)

Title and Article Reference

Stephen, G & Welsh, M 1988, ‘Cybernetics and Dependence:

Reframing

the

Control

Concept’,

Academy

of

Management

Review, vol. 13, no.2, pp.287-301.

To

integrate

cybernetics

and

resource

dependence

into

a

generalizable framework that would reframe the concept of

control.

Aim / Purpose of article

Sample, location, method of data

Literature

study

-

by

studying

the

literature

utilizing

the

collection and analysis

cybernetic

model

of

control

and

the

examples

of

dependence restructuring cited as control

Literature

collection

-

classify

the

literatures

by

different

model used and the level of analysis.

Literature review - on nature, focus and initiation of control

Findings/Interpretations reported

The

new

framework

suggests

both

cybernetic

and

resource

in the article

dependence perspectives on control should be use to define

the concept of control. In the cybernetic perspective, firstly,

control

is

different

from

influence.

Secondly,

control

are

iterative regulate activities. Thirdly, control can regulate the

system

unconsciously

to

fulfil

some

purpose.

While,

in

a

resource

dependence

perspective,

control

should

be

initiated

when

resources

are

not

obtained

effectively.

And

when

the

organization

chooses

to

control

depends

on

the

importance

of

the

needed

resource.

Then

the

framework

finds a lack of cybernetic feasibility leads the organization to

choose

to

forego

the

resource.

In

addition,

the

framework

serves

as

a

basis

for

conducting

research

and

directing

managerial action.

Significance/contribution

of

the

The findings suggest that the existing control systems are not

article

in

relation

to

your

other

the

products

of

conscious

decisions,

while

the

common

articles and your topic

belief is that they are obtained by doing on purpose.

Strengths of the article

Well researched with strong background in the literature and

takes a broader view of the concepts of control rather than

limited in one specific area.

Should

be

more

exploration

out

of

the

prior

research;

quantitative method should be added.

Weaknesses of the article

Quotes from the article that you

“

By cybernetic, we mean a process in which a feedback loop

plan to use in your assignment

is represented by using standards of performance, measuring

system

performance,

comparing

that

performance

to

standards,

feeding

back

information

about

unwanted

variances

in

the

system,

and

modifying

the

system's

c

omportm ent”

(Green and Welsh, 1988, p.286)

Quotes from the article that you

“If

influencing

behaviour

is

the

same

thing

as

controlling

plan to use in your assignment

behaviour,

one

of

the

concepts

is

redundant.

However,

common

sense

and

experience

tell

us

that

influence

does

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