Choose one question from the in-class discussion and elaborate on your thoughts and reactions, directly referencing the readings at least once. Then, discuss a comment that was made in class – do you agree or disagree with this comment, and why? Your response should be 2 paragraphs in length or a minimum of 200 words. The article discusses Edwards’ Three Strategies of Control, what is an example of each? Simple control Technological control Bureaucratic control Edwards’ Three Strategies of Control Edwards (1981) has identified three broad strategies that have evolved from the modern organization’s struggle with controlling members’ activities. First is “simple control,” the direct, authoritarian, and personal control of work and workers by the company’s owner or hired bosses, best seen in nineteenth-century factories and in small family-owned companies today. Second is “technological control,” in which control emerges from the physical technology of an organization, such as in the assembly line found in traditional manufacturing. And third and most familiar is bureaucratic control, in which control derives from the hierarchically based social relations of the organization and its concomitant sets of systemic rational-legal rules that reward compliance and punish noncompliance. A pivotal aspect of Edwards’ model is that the second and third strategies, technological and bureaucratic control, represent adaptations to the forms of control that preceded them, each intended to counter the disadvantages of the previous form. Technological control resulted not only from technological advances in factories but also from worker alienation and dissatisfaction with the despotism too often possible in simple control. But technological control proved subject to such factors as worker protests, slow-downs, and assembly-line sabotage. The stultifying effects of the assembly line, with workers as just cogs in the machine, still produced worker alienation from the company. The bureaucratic form of control, with its emphasis on methodical, rational-legal rules for direction, hierarchical monitoring, and rewards for compliance such as job security. already existed in the nineteenth century and was further developed to counter the problems inherent in technological control. The bureaucracy and bureaucratic control, which become manifest in a variety of forms (Riggs, 1979; Perrow, 1986), have matured into the primary strategy available to managers to control work effectively in the modern organization. But, as with its predecessors, this strategy of control, too, is problematic. Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 200 words Tags: Technological Control bureaucratic control Strategic Control Strategies Student has agreed that all tutoring, explanations, and answers provided by the tutor will be used to help in the learning process and in accordance with our company’shonor code & terms of service.