In Order to Determine the Appropriate Number of Subordinates a Supervisor

question 4

Multiple Choice

In order to determine the appropriate number of subordinates a supervisor should be responsible for at any given time, the authors presented a list of functions in which the span of control is dependent on. Which of the following was included in the list?

• A) Task integration
• B) Frequency of interaction
• C) Task certainty
• D) All of the above
• E) Only a and b

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