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The Pros And Cons Of A Bossless Organization

The Horizons Tracker

These can dry up as the market matures, however. Where things go wrong is not typically the growing span of control or communication difficulties, as is often stated, but rather the compounding of evaluators’ errors. “Our results don’t mean we must dismiss the bossless company,” the researchers suggest.

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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

Organization: Cultivating the Right Capabilities for Success HR’s role in shaping the organization goes beyond traditional HR demographics such as the number of levels or span of control. Rather, HR must focus on building the right organization capabilities that drive success.

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The “Next Practices” of Strategy-Setting

N2Growth Blog

their personal span of control) and the organization’s existing “ways of doing business” These approaches produce plans that have blinders on. For the spoils goes to the victor and is measured in terms of growth, market share and profitability (at least in strategy-setting terms).

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Is the Flattened Firm Falling Flat?

LDRLB

Flattening usually refers taking two actions to change organizational structure – removing layers of middle management while widening the span of control for the managers that are left. Recent research, however, may be taking some of the wind out of their sails. Without a flat culture, a flattened firm will simply fall flat.

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Does Your Company Have Enough Sales Managers?

Harvard Business Review

This meant that management span of control had more than doubled from an average of 5-6 salespeople per manager up to 12-15 per manager. The average span of control for U.S. The merchandising force operates with an unusually high span of control of 50 merchandisers per manager.

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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 lawyers in your legal department probably do highly specialized work that needs close supervision, thus requiring a narrower span of control.

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Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business. Has he reported within his parent''s span of control for most/all of his career? Is the family member paid above the market-based compensation for his position?