The number of people or subordinates that a manager effectively controls and directs is called the manager's span of:

Span of Control

Explanation:

A Manager's span of control refers to all the subordinates that report to that manager. The manager therefore effectively controls and directs them and as such is answerable for them.

Spans of Control are different depending on the type of company it is. A manager with a lot of people in their span of control is said to have a Wide span of control and the reverse is a Narrow Span of control.

A very important part of management is determining the largest number of subordinates that can be in a span of control without overwhelming the manager.

2,283,000

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.