Today, spans of control have
A) decreased as organizations spend more money by including more management positions.
B) increased as organizations empower employees to make more decisions.
C) decreased as mass production complicates manufacturing processes.
D) increased as standards for performance are more subjective and vague.

Question

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Empowering employees to make more decisions requires a broader span of control for managers to oversee and guide their work, leading to an increase in spans of control. Option A is incorrect because adding more management positions would increase spans of control, not decrease them. Option C is incorrect because the complexity of manufacturing processes would increase spans of control, not decrease them. Option D is incorrect because having more subjective and vague performance standards would not impact spans of control.

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