Fields of review

[1965, Second Edition] Herbert A. Simon, Administrative Behaviour, The Free Press, New York
Review may extend to the:
- results of the subordinates’ activities, measured in terms of their objectives (to ascertain the degree to which the organizational objective is attained);
- the tangible products, if there are such, of their activities (to see whether it meets the requirements of quantity and quality);
- or the method of their performance (to watch the employee at work; in this case the review extends to procedures and techniques rather than products and results).
(from Chapter XI, pp. 231-232)

Function

[1965, Second edition] Herbert A. Simon, Administrative Behaviour, The Free Press, New York
"There are at least four different functions that a review process may perform:
- diagnosis of the quality of decisions being made by subordinates,
- modification through influence on subsequent decisions,
- the correction of incorrect decisions that have already been made,
- enforcement of sanctions against subordinates so that they will accept authority in making their decisions."
(Chapter XI, pp. 232-233)

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