ABSTRACT
Management is essentially a practical activity and managers are essentially concerned with real-life practical events. The purpose of checking results is simply to determine whether our decisions are proving a success or a failure. The criteria by which a decision should be judged are the results; a ‘good’ decision by the manager of that welfare scheme is one that reduces malnutrition among the old people. A manager gives instructions to subordinates in such a way that the successful completion of his task depends on the successful completion of the tasks he gives them. It is quite obvious then, since his task cannot logically be completed before theirs, that the progress they are making provides a valuable early-warning system for him. When a manager gives instructions to a subordinate he should tell him when he is going to check progress on the task.
