Day: July 18, 2024

Lucy is a human resources manager with Alex Ltd.

She is currently working on a project designed to increase the spans of control of the managers employed by the company’s largest subsidiary.

Lucy has been asked to identify any factors about the subsidiary that might suggest that increases in spans of control are possible.

Which of the following factors identified by Lucy suggests that increased spans of control are feasible?

Select ONE answer:

1. Subordinates carry out very similar tasks
2. Subordinates are geographically dispersed
3. Frequent, time-consuming problems arise
4. Managers tend to be engaged in large amounts of non-supervisory work

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct – If employees are all carrying out the same or similar tasks, a supervisor will be more able to look after many subordinates (a wider span of control) as they can all be handled in similar ways and will face similar problems.
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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