HR & People / Organizational Design
Span of Control aliases: span, management ratio
How many people report to one manager.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
"Span of control" usually means direct reports (immediate subordinates), but executive dashboards routinely quote total span, every descendant beneath a leader.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: SHRM