2. What is controlling? Is it applicable to the day-
to-day activities of the engineer
manager?
3. Why is the establishment of performance object-
ives and standards an important
step in the
control process?
4. Compare and contrast the three distinct types
of control.
5. How do strategic plans provide a basis for control?
6. What are policies? In what ways do they facilitate
control?
7. When the engineer manager reviews the finan-
cial statements of the company under his super-