BUISENESS MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS STRUCTURE
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Question
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The layers of management in an organisational structure
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The order of authority within an organisation
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The number of people you are overall responsible for
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The number of people who you directly line manage
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Detailed explanation-1: -Span of control (or span of management) is the number of subordinates who report directly to a manager or leader. The more employees assigned to a manager, the wider their span of control.
Detailed explanation-2: -Span of control means how many employees or subordinates can be effectively managed by one manager or how many subordinates are under one superior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Elliott Jaques has the view-point that a manager may have up to as many immediate sub-ordinates that he can know personally in the sense that he can assess personal effectiveness. 5. Haimann and Scott defined span of control as the number of subordinates who can be effectively supervised and managed.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the ideal span of control? Ideally in an organization, according to modern organizational experts is approximately 15 to 20 subordinates per supervisor or manager. However, some experts with a more traditional focus believe that 5-to 6 subordinates per supervisor or manager are ideal.
Detailed explanation-5: -Span of control refers to the number of subordinates that can be managed effectively and efficiently by supervisors or managers in an organization.