management

1. Span of Management
Prepared by
SAIKAT DUTTA
Dept: ECE, Sem: VII, Roll No: 28600320003
St. Mary’s Technical Campus Kolkata

2. Contents:
● Span of management.
● Principle of Span of Management.
● Types of relationship.
● Relationship between organizational level and Span of Management.
● Factors effecting Span of management.
● Conclusion.

3. Span of Management
Span of Management -> number of subordinates who
report directly to a manager. Affects the total number
of relationships within an organization.

4. Principle of Span of Management
• The principle states that there is a limit to the number of
subordinates that each manager can effectively
supervise.
• The term span of management is often referred to as span
of control, span of supervisions, span of responsibility or
span of authority.

5. Types of Relationships
Direct - supervisor over subordinates
Cross - relationships among subordinates
Group - relationships between groups of subordinates

6. Relationship Between organization Level and
Span of management.
Organization Level
Narrow Span Wider Span

7. 7
NARROW SPAN
Advantages:
 Close Supervision
 Close Control
 Fast Communication

8. WIDE SPAN
Advantages:
 Superiors are forced to Delegate
 Clear Policies
 Subordinates must be carefully selected

9. Factors that Influence the
Span of Management
● Capacity of superiors.
● Capacity of Subordinates.
● Nature of Work
● Degree of Decentralization.
● Degree of Planning
● Communication Techniques.
● Use of staff assistance

10. CONCLUSION
• In every organizational level there should ne limit
number of Sub-ordinates that are effectively supervised
by managers, although the limit varies depending on
situations.

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