Everyday Fashions Corp. is a clothing manufacturer. It has marketing, production, and finance departments, with a manager who heads each of the departments. Beatrice, the CEO, distributes the various organizational tasks to each manager by assigning authority and responsibility. Each manager has ten subordinates who are required to report to him or her. Each department works on its set of tasks in the organization. Beatrice is the top manager, followed by the department heads, and lastly the supervisors. All the managers are accountable to Beatrice alone. It can be understood that Everyday Fashions Corp. has a ________ span of control.

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Everyday Fashions Corp. has a wide span of control because the CEO, Beatrice, directly oversees the department managers who each have several subordinates. This structure allows for a broader range of control with fewer levels of hierarchy.