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The True Cost of Hiring Yet Another Manager

Harvard Business Review

You also have support staff, including the people in marketing, finance, HR, and other functions. Take into account, however, that different jobs require different spans of control. The custodians who clean your facilities, by contrast, can operate under a supervisor with a much broader span of control.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business Review

These executives have responsibilities we might expect to reside within marketing. That leaves Chief Marketing Officers with a decision — do you see the rise of these roles as an opportunity or a threat? Marketing faces a particular challenge since customer engagement has traditionally been considered its domain.

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It's Time To Bring Back the Executive Dining Room

Harvard Business Review

The group at my table included executives from marketing, finance, sales, HR, and corporate development. But office seating tends to be grouped according to a single function, division, or span of control.