"span of control" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

Forms: the span of control [singular], the spans of control [plural]
  1. Anzahl der einer Leitungsstelle unmittelbar unterstellten Mitarbeiter oder Aufgaben
    Sense id: de-span_of_control-en-noun-vdIbCOM~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: span of management Hypernyms: organizational studies, human resources Coordinate_terms: depth of control Translations: Kontrollspanne (Deutsch), Führungsspanne (Deutsch), Leitungsspanne (Deutsch), Lenkungsspanne (Deutsch), span of control (Niederländisch)
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          "text": "The management was overstrained, because the span of control was much too wide.",
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          "text": "The amount of span of control depends partly on the management style, an authoric leader may control more subordinates then a democratic one.",
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          "text": "The amount of span of control depends partly on the management style, an authoric leader may control more subordinates then a democratic one.",
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