Controlling is the management function of monitoring and adjusting the plan, processes, and resources to effectively and efficiently achieve goals. It is a way of coordinating activities within organizations by systematically figuring out whether what is occurring is what is wanted. The controlling aspect of the managerial process may seem at first to carry a negative connotation. However, when in reference to management, the word control does not mean being negatively manipulative or punitive toward others. Managerial controlling means ensuring that the proper processes are followed. Fayol called this the activity seeing that everything occurs in conformity with established rules. In nursing, the term evaluation is used to refer to similar actions and activities. Control or evaluation means ensuring that the flow and processes of work, as well as goal accomplishment, proceed as planned. Controlling is define as comparing the results of work with predetermined standards of performance and taking corrective action when needed. The means ensuring that the results are as desired and, if they are not up to standards, then taking some action to modify, remediate, or reverse variances.