In order for standards to be useful in the controlling process, they must have certain characteristics. One of these characteristics is that they must be:

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Standards must be attainable so that they can be used as a basis for evaluating performance. If standards are too difficult or impossible to meet, they will not be useful in the controlling process. Nonspecific standards would be too vague to be useful, redundant standards would be unnecessary, and the mission statement is not necessarily the same as specific standards.

In Order for Standards to Be Useful in the Controlling