Span of management can also named as span of control, span of authority, span of responsibility or span of supervision A sound organization depends upon the effective performance of work by executives

1. Span of Management
Presented By :-
Aniket Singh

2. Introduction :-
• Span of management can also named as span
of control, span of authority, span of
responsibility or span of supervision
• A sound organization depends upon the
effective performance of work by executives

3. Meaning :-
• Span of management means the number of
people managed efficiently by a single officer in
an organization
• It implies that a single executive should not be
expected to give guidance to move people
• The limit of number of members for span of
control may be increased or decreased
according to the levels of management

4. Factors Affecting Span of Management:-
• Character of supervision work
– The span of control may be increased
whenever the work is performed and
standardized
• Leadership Qualities
– The personal ability and capacity of a
supervisor can influence the span of
management

5. Factors Affecting Span of Management :-
• Qualities of subordinate
– If the subordinates have enough talent to perform
the work assigned to them, the manager can control
more number of subordinates
• Time available to supervisor
– Most of the executives spend a lot of time for
operating the work and administrative duties, hence
they can control lesser number of subordinates hat
the person who spends full time for their
supervision

6. Factors Affecting Span of Management :-
• Nature of work
– In case of the repetitive natured work or the work
the does not require extra ordinary talent, the
supervisor can control a large number of
subordinates
• Level of supervision
– The degree of span of control can be increased at
the bottom level management and decreased at
top level management

7. Graicunas theory of Span of
Management :-
• A management expert V. M. Graicunas
contributed much to the span of
management
• His theory identified the relationship
prevailing between the superior and
subordinate, which are classified in to three
groups
– Direct single relationship
– Direct group relationship
– Cross relationship

8. Direct Single Relationship :-
• In this type of relationship the superior
has the direct relationship with his
subordinate
• This relationship is explained with the
chart on right -
• Gaurav with Manoj, and Gaurav with
Sameer, i.e. a total of 2 direct single

9. Direct group relationship :-
• In this type of relationship the superior has the direct
relationship with his subordinates jointly
• This relationship is explained with the chart on right
–
• Gaurav with Manoj in presence of Sameer, and
Gaurav with Sameer in presence of Manoj, i.e. a total
of 2 direct group relationships.

10. Cross relationship :-
• In this type of relationship asubordinate has
relationship with another subordinates mutually
• This relationship isexplained with the chart
on right –
• Manoj with Sameer, and Sameer with
Manoj, i.e. again a total of 2 cross
relationships.

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