The supervisor-to-staff ratio is often referred to in business as span of control. This relates to the number of employees a supervisor can effectively manage. Span of control is an important concept ...

This is a model of a pure hierarchy which oversees a given number of productive units. Its aim is to minimize costs, which are the sum of wage costs and costs caused by delays in decision making. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on lessons from the lives of great leaders, past and present. This article is more than 5 years old. AT SEA - JULY 28: In ...