Control Systems

It has come to the attention of management that the time stated on time sheets is not reflective of what is actually being worked. For a couple of reasons and irrespective of whether time is being understated or overstated, this behavior will not be accepted and must be corrected going forward. The reasons for this need range from the bottom line to the accurate payment of wages. Workers should be claiming precisely what was worked on a project or during a shift. A modest amount of rounding and approximation is acceptable. However, such rounding should never exceed fifteen minutes at the beginning or end of any shift. Another reason that accurate time reporting is needed and necessary is because there needs to be accurate reporting when it comes to the aggregate and real costs of a project. This speaks to the progress that is or is not being made, whether a project is within budget, whether workers are being more or less productive than is expected or projected and so forth. The proper measurements of the work cost leads to the business being able to pay the proper amounts and reallocate resources is the situation demands it. It goes without saying that payment of wages that are not earned is a real concern among the wider concerns that are in question here. However, it is far from the only consideration in play and the firm will not punish or fire anyone so long as the person acts in good faith and responds to requests for compliance and adjustment (Dawkins, 2014).

With that in mind, there will be redundancy when it comes to the monitoring of work being completed and reported. The primary method by which work time spent will be measured has been and will remain the reporting of the employees and managers on each project. However, those reporting data sets will be tracked for outliers like overages, shortages, incomplete reporting, reporting that is clearly not possible, duplicate entries and so forth. The idea here is not to micromanage. Instead, it is simply verifications and checks to make sure that the project and its workers are proceeding as they should. Standards will... There will then be a comparison between what was expected and what actually happened. It is entirely possible that the expectations can be altered if they are out of line with reality or what is possible. However, that will not happen unless there is a clear and proven reason for that being necessary. Put another way, the standards will be adjusted and changed if they are out of line with what is actually happening. Assuming that no such adjustment is necessary, there will instead be a shift towards looking for deviations and non-compliance from those standards (Study.com, 2018).
For situations where there is clear deviance from the required standards, corrective action can and will be taken to resolve the situation. This can include coaching and training on how to report things properly. It can also include employees being disciplined or even terminated for reporting figures that are sloppy or knowingly false, for whatever reason. Mistakes can and will happen and the process is certainly new to everyone at some point. As partially noted above, good faith and making an effort to improve with each passing rep or cycle is the desired order of things. So long as active deception is not going on and people are learning from any newness or mistakes being made, that is the way things are supposed to work. The work cycle and process is not about “gotcha” moments or getting rid of people for the sake of it. However, there are some levels of behavior and incompetence that cannot and will not be tolerated. Accurate and complete reporting is a must and any fair or reasonable steps to accomplish this end will be taken. Workers or managers that are concerned or that have questions should certainly feel free to question the leadership on how to proceed if there is any doubt. The normal escalation path should be the immediate reporting manager of the person in question. However, breaking from that path is acceptable if there are concerns about the manager in question (Study.com, 2018).

Delegation of Responsibilities

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