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Span of Control

How Does Outsourcing Affect Span of Control?

by Harwell on September 9, 2008

in Management,Projects

Two months ago I did an article on span of control, pointing out some of the variables that make an IT manager’s span of control so unlikely to conform to any consultant-recommended norm. I received a number of positive emails about the article, but one email in particular asked about a different kind of span [...]

Tagged as: cost, Leadership, Management, Objectives, Organizing, Outsourcing, Projects, requirements, risk, Span of Control, vendor

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The Right Span of Control Isn’t a Number

by Harwell on July 8, 2008

in Careers,Management

In my June, 2007 newsletter article I talked about how to organize IT, but I didn’t address one of the questions that keeps coming up during a bad economic climate: how do we deal with executives who want to cut the number of IT managers by increasing the span of control for each manager? Span of [...]

Tagged as: Careers, cost, economy, human nature, Management, perception, Productivity, Span of Control, training

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Why Middle Managers are Important

by Harwell on January 11, 2005

in Management

Middle managers don’t get much respect. All of the glory goes to the CEO’s and senior executives, who in turn focus their own occasional reward programs on the “worker bees.” Middle managers play a vital role in most organizations, but it’s a shame that many middle managers don’t understand their role, or see their jobs [...]

Tagged as: alignment, Focus, Leadership, Management, Motivation, Objectives, Span of Control, Strategy

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