PREMIUM – How long should a manager’s tentacles be?

The challenge I see most of the time is that leaders structure organisations to pay people, and not to get work done

Memory Nguwi

Organisational structures affect the performance of a business.

A poorly structured organisation can waste resources and fail to achieve its vision and mission.

The challenge I see most of the time is that leaders structure organisations to pay people, and not to get work done.

Ultimately, the goal should be to structure the organisation to achieve its goals.

In this article, we will focus on one often poorly designed area – the span of control.

Span of control is a concept used in management to determine the number of people a supervisor or manager can oversee in a workplace.

The span of control can mean those who report directly to a manager or supervisor.

You can look at the span of control as those who directly or indirectly report to a particula...

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