BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Control
- the ability to direct the financial and operating policies of an entity with a view to gaining economic benefits from its activities
Wiktionary Definition for: Control
- To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- Influence or authority over.
- #''The government has complete '''control''' over the situation.''
- A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Additional Resources
- Real-Time Adaptive Control Allocation Applied to a High Performance Aircraft
- This paper presents the development and application of one approach to the control of aircraft with large numbers of control effectors. This approach, referred to as real-time adaptive control allocation, combines a nonlinear method for control allocation with actuator failure detection and isolation. The control allocator maps moment (or angular...
- White papers 2001-07-23
- Decentralized Active Tendon Control and Stability of Cable-Stayed Bridges
- In this paper, active tendon control of cable-stayed bridges subjected to vertical seismic excitation is investigated by using the decentralized control technique. A control system, made up of control cables and the corresponding control mechanism, is employed for seismic response control of cable-stayed bridges. A simply supported cable-stayed beam model...
- White papers 2000-08-02
- Human Resource Management In Initial Public Offering Firms : Validation Of A Control Orientation Typology
- This paper introduces a new typology that focuses on the way employees are managed in smaller, initial public offering IPO firms. Unlike many typologies in the human resource management literature, this typology is rooted in theory. Specifically, agency theory and organizational control theory suggest two forms of control over the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Document Control Made Easy
- Information document form drives nearly every action in any organization, the ability to control this information usually means the difference between success and failure. Thus, document control remains the single most critical quality assurance discipline. The basic tenets of document control are very simple. Most document control procedures can be...
- White papers 2002-08-16
- Optimal Freeway Ramp Control Without Origin-Destination Information
- This paper develops an analytical framework for ramp metering, under which various ramp control strategies can be viewed as ramifications of the same most-efficient control logic with different threshold values, control methods, and equity considerations. The most-efficient control logic only meters the entrance ramps nearest critical freeway mainline sections so...
- White papers 2003-11-14
- Assessing Your Organizational Span Of Control
- Span of control refers to the number of subordinates who report directly to a single manager or supervisor. Higher span of control gives rise to greater employee empowerment. Job complexity and job similarity are some of the factors influencing the span of control. The paper examines the modifications to be...
- Presentations 2003-09-01
- Financial Control
- The control function involves overseeing that the organizational systems and processes are being run as per pre-defined rules and procedures. It also involves identifying gaps, if any, in the same and taking preventive action. Financial control involves the operationalization of the control function in the financial matters of the organization....
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Robust Hybrid Control of a Cable-Stayed Bridge
- This paper presents a robust hybrid control system for seismic response control of a cable-stayed bridge. Because multiple control devices are operating, a hybrid control system could alleviate some of the restrictions and limitations that exist when each system is acting alone. Lead rubber bearings are used as passive control...
- White papers 2003-12-12
- Total Quality Control
- The term ‘Total Quality Control’ includes three aspects viz. Design Quality Control, Product Quality Control, and Incoming Material Quality Control. The term ‘quality’ is also categorized into three aspects viz. the product quality, the design quality, and conformance quality. The adoption of Total Quality Control techniques involves an elaborate process....
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Control over Sales
- This webcast talks about how salespeople make sales. They discuss how it is important for salespeople to have control of a sale and how they either gain control or lose it. The process-control of sales can only get some positive results. The “vendor-reduction” is an example of what they call...
- Webcasts 2003-01-28
- Quality Control
- The ISO definition states that quality control is the operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfil requirements for quality. This definition could imply that any activity whether serving the improvement, control, management or assurance of quality could be a quality control activity. Quality control is a process for...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Management Briefing: Strategic Control Systems Explained
- Advances in management thinking have observed that managers in organisations carry out two types of activity that are intended to 'Control' the performance and behaviour of an organisation; Strategic Control and Operational Control sometimes referred to as Management Control. Each type of activity introduces particular requirements of an organisation and...
- White papers 2005-01-17
- Hybrid Control Strategy for Seismic Protection of a Benchmark Cable-Stayed Bridge
- This paper presents a hybrid control strategy for seismic protection of a benchmark cable-stayed bridge, which is provided as a testbed structure for the development of strategies for the control of cable-stayed bridges. In this study, a hybrid control system is composed of a passive control system to reduce the...
- White papers 2002-10-07
- Active Vibration Control of an Aeronautical Panel Using a Decentralized Approach
- This paper summarizes numerical and experimental works carried out to actively control broadband vibrations of a stiffened panel by using a decentralized feedback method. The local control loops are composed of piezo ceramic patches as actuators, accelerometers as sensors and control laws as internal model control feedback. The choice of...
- White papers 2004-09-13
- A Control Architecture for Robotic Excavation in Construction
- This article presents a hybrid control architecture developed for robotic excavation. The lower-level controllers are designed using a combination of sliding mode control and fuzzy logic control. Control strategies at the higher level involve task decomposition in association with state charts, and task execution and verification. Typical machine tasks are...
- White papers 2004-12-13
- Stock Control for Small Stores
- This article is about Stock control which is necessary if the small retailer is to offer customers a balanced assortment. The kind and amount of attention necessary for effective stock control depends largely on the type of merchandise. This document emphasizes unit control. Unit control provides information about: breadth of...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Quality Control And Productivity
- Organizational control is the systematic process of controlling the different systems and processes of an organization. An effective organizational control system is imperative for attainment of long term objectives of the organization. Various tools are used for implementing control in the organization. Total Quality Management TQM is a tool used...
- Presentations 2000-01-01
- Process Automation's Contribution to Efficient Operations
- In today's competitive environment, every company in the oil and gas sector has to maximize the utilization of its facilities and equipment. This article focuses on a key component of that strategy, which is the use of process control technology in its various forms - pneumatic, analogue and digital control....
- White papers 2004-07-20
- Analyze Your Habits
- Many people seem to believe that they don't control their own time; they just seem to get through the day while doing everything they can. This leads to frustrations, procrastination and overall loss of confidence. This misconception is far from the truth, however, it does show us that the first...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Why Being a Control Freak Isn't So Bad
- The Find: The term control freak isn't usually considered a compliment, but one executive coach feels that the tendency to crave control actually offers significant advantages in business. The Source: Cheryl Cran writing on the Brazen Careerist blog. The Takeaway:...
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
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