span of control
noun[C]
HR,MANAGEMENTukusthenumberofemployeesorranksofemployeesfor which amanagerisresponsible:
Firms canimprovethespanofcontrolbyshiftingmoreattentiontowardsoutsourcing.
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Hierarchical authority, specialization,spanofcontrol, and other characteristics of formal systems also discourage experimentation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, this increase requires business and technology management to work as a creative, synergistic, and collaborative team instead of a purely mechanisticspanofcontrol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Introducing a business process concept has a considerable impact on the structural elements of the organization and thus also on thespanofcontrol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A hierarchical structure is needed with narrowspanofcontrolat each and every level.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This allows for aspanofcontrolin which the officers can maintain knowledge and enforce discipline within their units.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Consequently, for a long time, finding the optimumspanofcontrolhas been a major challenge to organization design.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Associated with this theory are such concepts asspanofcontrol, closeness of supervision, and hierarchical authority.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, other scholars criticized the principle as incorrect because of examples of efficient organizations that has an expandedspanofcontrol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the other hand, if thespanofcontrolis too large, the supervisor may not have the capacity to supervise effectively such large numbers of immediate subordinates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If he makes that connection with the regions, he has a far narrowerspanofcontrolwhich is more easily policed and effectively carried out.
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