Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2014

BTS, a global consulting firm, developed a highly effective system for launching and securing rookie talent on high-stakes projects. The senior partners and project managers are given a very large span of control (essentially running a three-ring circus). Keep the nets in place.

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Learning Curve Span of Control Wiseman Micromanagement 281

HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, as organizations recognized the importance of human capital, HR shifted its focus to functional excellence in areas such as staffing, training, and reward systems. Initially, HR practices focused on efficiency, ensuring that HR processes were streamlined and cost-effective.

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Organization Power Span of Control SWOT 96

LDRLB

AUGUST 8, 2012

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. firms that spanned roughly 15 years. Recent research, however, may be taking some of the wind out of their sails.

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Decentralization Span of Control Middle Management Morale 141

CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

This system is not proven so I welcome any suggestions on how to improve it. We have 8 teams which is a good number for span of control. I will follow this up with other blog posts on FAQ's on each position, the checklists and forms we are using and updates on tweaks to the system. So how are we doing it?

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Organization Mentor Finance Long-term 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

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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Span of Control Company Merchandising Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

As the talent ecosystem evolves to offer more options, talent systems have not kept pace. Typical systems are fragmented between disciplines like HR (which focuses on the internal, “permanent” workforce) and Procurement (which focuses on the external, “contingent” workforce), each with different and competing goals.

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Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

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? This almost always involves adopting a merit-based system—carefully, fairly.

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Span of Control Long-term Short-term Career 8