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The current trend, however, is to identify and consider the variable factors which inflfience a supervisor's span of control and determine the optimum span for each specific management situation. Management experts are beginning to question the validity of a prescribed limit.
NEW RESEARCH ON SPAN OF COMMAND AND CONTROL: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNING ARMY ORGANIZATIONS BACKGROUND From September 1993 to March 1994, a team of two behavioral scientists and a retired general officer interviewed 55 Army officers on factors that affect the span of effective command and control.
guidelines for designing and training units that maintain effective spans of command and control. Fifty-five Army officers at various echelons and from different types of units participated in interviews.
tactical level, a span of. control between two and five units Is believed to be appropriate. However, the commander's span of control at tactical levels is much larger when CS, CSS and staff are considered. At the operational level, understanding what affects span of control is essential.
This study examines the issue of span of control for an operational commander. The operational commander is required by joint and Army doctrine to organize his forces. In order to do so, he must understand the limits of his span of control when making organizational decisions.
This paper describes research designed to examine the relationship between factors that have been identified as affecting the effectiveness of SOCC and the difficulty of command and control in Army organizations.
21 lis 2012 · The factors that have the greatest affect on span of control are similarity of function of subordinates, style of control the commander uses, the type of coordination required between subordinates, and the number of personal contacts the commander uses to control his forces.
