Can anybody help me in clarifying whether there is any calculation to calculate that so many people can be managed by a single person i.e how many people can work under a manager / supervisor etc.,
Kindly provide me the calculation.
Thanks in advance.
From India, Madras
2Kindly provide me the calculation.
Thanks in advance.
From India, Madras
Hi Mary,
As far as my knoledge is concerned:
It is not defined that exactly these many employees have to work under a Manager however its purely depeds upon the company. That depends upon the industry and the type work they do.
If you say a Manager he himself can't take care of all the activites with in the organisation so s/he dafenately takes help from his subordinates. In a software company like us we have different types of managers to take care of different departments.
If you want exactly how many employees that one manager can take care that I can't tell you that depends upon the manger's ability to cope with the things.
I didn't understand exactly in which percepctive you are thinking in. Give us some more details on this then probably we can try to help u.
Regards,
Kalyan. :D
From India, Bangalore
As far as my knoledge is concerned:
It is not defined that exactly these many employees have to work under a Manager however its purely depeds upon the company. That depends upon the industry and the type work they do.
If you say a Manager he himself can't take care of all the activites with in the organisation so s/he dafenately takes help from his subordinates. In a software company like us we have different types of managers to take care of different departments.
If you want exactly how many employees that one manager can take care that I can't tell you that depends upon the manger's ability to cope with the things.
I didn't understand exactly in which percepctive you are thinking in. Give us some more details on this then probably we can try to help u.
Regards,
Kalyan. :D
From India, Bangalore
Dear Friends,
What you are asking is known as Span of Control in Management. There is no hard and fast rule regarding the no. of subordinates supervised or managed by a supervisor or manager. It depends on the ability of the manager , ability of the subordinate, efficiency of the system- reporting, communication, quantum of work etc.
An attempt to suggest the maximum no . of subordinates can be managed by a manager was made by Management Guru- Graicunas. It was made on the basis of no. of relationships occurs during the reporting
Graicunas himself suggested that the maximum number of subordinates should be five and probably four in most cases. These figures were tempered with considerations of the scope and scale of the work involved and for which the subordinate was responsible. For example, a group of six factory workers reporting to a supervisor presents a less complex problem than six division presidents reporting to the CEO of a large company. And six presidents of completely independent divisions presents a simpler problem than six vice presidents of closely integrated divisions. Regardless of these considerations, the number of relationships a superior must attend to rises exponentially after the fourth subordinate. Thus Graicunas cautioned any executive seeking to add a fifth directly reporting subordinate to consider the fact that this would add 20 new relationships for himself and nine for each of his current colleagues. The total number of relationships would increase by 56, going from 44 to 100. As Graicunas noted, this was "an increase in complexity of 127 per cent in return for a 20 per cent increase in working capacity.
Kind of Relationship Variable Formula
Direct single relationships a= n
Cross relationships b =n (n – 1)
Direct group relationships c =n (2n/2 – 1)
Total direct single and cross relationships (a + b) d= n2
Total direct single and group (a + c) e =n (2n/2)
Total direct and cross relationships (a + b + c) f =n (2n/2 + n – 1)
n = number of persons supervised
a = number of direct single relationships (superior to subordinate)
b = number of cross relationships (subordinate to subordinate - in both directions)
c = number of direct group relationships (superior to combinations of subordinates)
d = total group relationships (a + b)
e = total of direct relationships (a + c)
f = total of direct and group relationships (a + b + c)
regards
Manoj Pillai
From India, Coimbatore
What you are asking is known as Span of Control in Management. There is no hard and fast rule regarding the no. of subordinates supervised or managed by a supervisor or manager. It depends on the ability of the manager , ability of the subordinate, efficiency of the system- reporting, communication, quantum of work etc.
An attempt to suggest the maximum no . of subordinates can be managed by a manager was made by Management Guru- Graicunas. It was made on the basis of no. of relationships occurs during the reporting
Graicunas himself suggested that the maximum number of subordinates should be five and probably four in most cases. These figures were tempered with considerations of the scope and scale of the work involved and for which the subordinate was responsible. For example, a group of six factory workers reporting to a supervisor presents a less complex problem than six division presidents reporting to the CEO of a large company. And six presidents of completely independent divisions presents a simpler problem than six vice presidents of closely integrated divisions. Regardless of these considerations, the number of relationships a superior must attend to rises exponentially after the fourth subordinate. Thus Graicunas cautioned any executive seeking to add a fifth directly reporting subordinate to consider the fact that this would add 20 new relationships for himself and nine for each of his current colleagues. The total number of relationships would increase by 56, going from 44 to 100. As Graicunas noted, this was "an increase in complexity of 127 per cent in return for a 20 per cent increase in working capacity.
Kind of Relationship Variable Formula
Direct single relationships a= n
Cross relationships b =n (n – 1)
Direct group relationships c =n (2n/2 – 1)
Total direct single and cross relationships (a + b) d= n2
Total direct single and group (a + c) e =n (2n/2)
Total direct and cross relationships (a + b + c) f =n (2n/2 + n – 1)
n = number of persons supervised
a = number of direct single relationships (superior to subordinate)
b = number of cross relationships (subordinate to subordinate - in both directions)
c = number of direct group relationships (superior to combinations of subordinates)
d = total group relationships (a + b)
e = total of direct relationships (a + c)
f = total of direct and group relationships (a + b + c)
regards
Manoj Pillai
From India, Coimbatore
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