Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each structural dial to the question it answers.
- Span of control
- Centralization
- Formalization
- Chain of command
- How many report to each manager?
- Who answers to whom?
- How much is written into rules?
- Where do decisions live?
Hints
- Each dial answers a different design question.
- One concerns how many people report to a single manager.
Show the answer
- Span of control → How many report to each manager?
- Centralization → Where do decisions live?
- Formalization → How much is written into rules?
- Chain of command → Who answers to whom?
Why
Four dials, one machine: every org chart is a setting of these knobs, whether anyone chose it deliberately or not.
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