THE span of control is a fundamental concept in organisational management, yet it is often overlooked or misunderstood. In simple terms, it refers to the number of employees who report directly to ...

Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Raffaella Sadun, and Julie Wulf. "Span of Control and Span of Attention." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-053, December 2011. (Revised April 2014.) ...

When studying life span, scientists tend to work with organisms that do not live very long; that way, they can observe the entire course of an organism's existence and obtain relatively rapid ...

In a flat structure, managers have a wide span of control with more subordinates, and there is usually a short chain of command. Flat organisational structures are commonly used by smaller ...