MGT 330 Week 5 Discussion 1 MGT 330 Week 5 Discussion 1 Controlling as defined by Baack,

MGT 330 Week 5 Discussion 1  MGT 330 Week 5 Discussion 1  Controlling as defined by Baack, Minnick, and Reilly is “the process of evaluating performance against established goals and creating methods appropriate to take corrective action to maintain or improve performance in any area of the organization” (Baack, Minnick, & Reilly, 2014). There are four steps in the control function and they include reviewing the standards set in the planning process, measuring performance at different levels within the organization, comparing the performance outcomes with the set standards, and taking action to reward good performance or to assist with improving standards that are not being met. These steps are important because they provide the organization with a sense of direction. They also provide a standard at which performance is measure and allows corrective action to be taken when needed. If a company does not have some sort of standards put in place it will hinder the companys progress because there will be no way to measure growth of the company in terms of profit or the employees in terms of performance.   Baack, Minnick, and Reilly state that ratio analysis “takes the financial information made available to the accounting and finance departments and helps company leaders understand how well various operations are running” (Baack, Minnick, & Reilly, 2014). There are four types of ratios and they include liquidity rations, activity ratios, leverage ratios, and profitability ratios. Managers and accou