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Span of Management: Presented By
Span of Management: Presented By
Presented By:-
Rishit Desai
Prakhar Tiwari
Shriyansh Gupta
Rahul Bhokardankar
Surbhi Mittal
( MBA E-Com 5 Yrs ,II
Sem)
What does Span Mean ?
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Span of Management
Number
Numberofofemployees
employeeswho
whoreport
reporttotoaasupervisor
supervisor
–
– Traditional
Traditionalview
view==seven
sevensubordinates
subordinatesper
permanager
manager
–
– Lean organizations today = 30+ subordinates
Lean organizations today = 30+ subordinates
Supervisor
SupervisorInvolvement
Involvement
–
– must
mustbe beclosely
closelyinvolved
involvedwith
withsubordinates,
subordinates,the
thespan
spanshould
shouldbe
besmall
small
–
– need little involvement with subordinates, it can be large
need little involvement with subordinates, it can be large
Span
Spanofofcontrol
controlororspan
spanofofmanagement
managementisisaadimension
dimensionofoforganizational
organizational
design
design measured by the number of subordinates that reportdirectly
measured by the number of subordinates that report directlytotoaa
given
givenmanager.
manager.
ItItsuggests
suggestshow
howthetherelations
relationsare
aredesigned
designedbetween
betweenaasuperior
superiorand
andaa
subordinate
subordinateininan
anorganization.
organization.
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Graicunas Theory of Span of
Management
Consultation Consultation
Relationship
GM-Production GM-Maintenance
FORMULAE
Number of
relationships = n (2n /2+n-1)
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Nature of Work.
Ability
Efficiency
of the of the
Organisation Manager .
Factors that
Influence
the Span of
Management
Time Staff
Available
For Assistants
Supervision
Degree of
Decentralisation
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Span of control has been classified into two main
category :
1) Narrow Span
&
2) Wide Span
Narrow Span
M
M M
M M M M
X X X X X X X X
Advantages:
Close Supervision
Close Control
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Fast Communication
NARROW SPAN
Advantages of Narrow Span of Management
manager.
Wide span is less cost than narrow span because wide span of control
means a single manager or supervisor oversees a large number of
AVON PRODUCTS
TATA STEEL
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CONCLUSION
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