control |
|
Definition 1
Management process in which the (1) actual performance is compared with planned performance, (2) difference between the two is measured, (3) causes contributing to the difference are identified, and (4) corrective action is taken to eliminate or minimize the difference.
Definition 2
Device or mechanism installed or instituted to guide or regulate the activities or operation of an apparatus, machine, person, or system.
Definition 3
Ownership of controlling shares in a firm.
control is in the Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership, Investing and Systems & Methodologies subjects.
control appears in the definitions of the following terms:
operating system (OS),
public land,
span of control,
privatization,
downsizing,
gatekeeper,
joint venture (JV),
BASIC,
distributed computing environment (DCE),
centralized management
and
control appears in these other terms:
printer control language (PCL),
upper control limit,
control theory,
internal control,
cash control,
budgetary control,
deterministic inventory control,
controlled vocabulary,
control plan,
total quality control (TQC)
and
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/control.html
