CONTROLLING IN THE FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES

Abstract

The tasks given to management are becoming more demanding every day, requiring new knowledge and skills. Drucker's famous management by objectives has survived, but its essence is changing and adapting to new knowledge determined by the needs of management. In this context, the research question is how to activate management by objectives and how best to reach management by motivation and ultimately to achieve the managerial goal. In line with the problem, this research focuses on the controlling approach when building the steps that are necessary to achieve the results. At the same time, controlling, as a key function of management, together with planning, shapes the goals that the other two functions of leadership and directing lead towards organizing, thus completing the operation of the management functions. Deyhle developed the combination of controlling and planning, which includes target decision-making, into a management by ... system, which leads step by step to the goal. The methodological approach to this research and the explanation of the entire system, called the WEG system, includes various methods, among which the desk research method, which combines Drucker's and Deyhle's approach to management, stands out. The WEG system as a goal-oriented system, at least for Croatian management, is a new knowledge that is presented in this research in an easily applicable form. Through the presentation of the steps of the WEG system, planning together with directing and organizing lead from management by objectives to a result that represents the goals of management, which is also the expected result of this research.