Spans of Management
What is Span of Management?
what is the number of workers who report directly to one manager.
Organizational height is?
what is the number of layers, or levels of management in a firm
The line structure is when?
What is when the chain of command goes from person to person
The line and staff structure utilizes what
What is chain of command from chain structure
The Matrix structure combines these 2 things
What are vertical and horizontal lines of authority
A narrow span of management exists when?
When the Manager has only a few subordinates/ employees
The span of management plays a direct role in what?
What is determining the height in a organization
line managers do this
What is give orders to make decisions and give orders to subcordinates
staff managers provide what?
What is support, advice and expertise
a cross functional team consists of?
individuals with varying specialties
a wide span of management exists when?
When a manager has a larger number of subordinates/ employees
Why are administrative costs higher in a tall organization?
What is the need for more managers
This is a downside of the line structure
What is managers are more responsible for activities
line and staff managers are needed for what?
What is effective management
Whats the most obvious advantage a matrix structure will have?
What is flexibility
what are some factors of span of management?
Communication, leadership,decision making
This becomes distorted when it passes more levels
What is communication
line managers have a harder time making decisions in a?
What is a larger organization
line and staff managers and staff managers typically have more access to what?
What is access to more information
What else can a network structure be called?
What is a virtual organinzation
This is an example of span of management
What is a manager with five direct reports has a span of control of five.
This is an option when companies are cutting costs
What is to decrease organizational height
line structures are not effective where?
What is large and medium sized organizations
What is common between line and staff managers
What is conflict
This is a strength of the network structure
What is flexibility