Managers need to continually monitor their organization’s progress towards its stated goals, ensuring that it performs up to standards and within established guidelines, such as budget, or production schedules, etc. When this is not the case, corrective action is necessary. This is exactly the same as if you were notified that you were not passing several classes this semester. You would assess the situation and presumably take corrective action – maybe change your study habits, or reduce your work schedule. In Module 5.1 we explore the basic mechanisms for controlling the organization. Many of the control mechanisms an organization relies upon are specifically related to financial and production controls – issues touched upon in Module 5.1 but really the focus of other business courses, such as Bus. 301 and Bus. 370. And conceptually underlying the entire process of control is that of organizational change, the focus of Module 5.2 Managing change is a vital part of every manager’s job and must be done well if an organization is to continue to progress and improve its effectiveness. Organizational control, and the taking of corrective action, implies some type of organizational change must occur, whether it be related to people, technology, or structure. Module 5.2 touches upon all of these and discusses how change can be positively managed.