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Imagine a restaurant that is lacking any kind of control. Describe the negative and positive aspects of this environment and then answer the following question: Why is control necessary?

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179 words to describe the positive and negative functions of control in a business.

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Negative aspects:
The different functions are not efficient
There is no direction for future which creates ambiguity
There is no way to access shortcoming of various fields, hence there is no improvement
Generally

Positive aspects:
Processes are simpler to understand
There is more authority with the restaurant
Workers ...

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