Index of SPPS Budget Discussion http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html _________________________________________ The 5 area superintendents have a total of 87 people reporting to them. If they were eliminated, those 87 people (most of whom, but not all, are school principals) would be reporting directly to the district superintendent. This is simply too many people to report to a single person, no matter how autonomous they may be.
In private industry there is a lot of talk about "span of control," i.e., how many people should be reporting to someone higher in the management hierarchy or how flat or deep the management hierarchy should be. Even in the flatest organizations, 87 high level managers reporting to a single person would be considered too many. For a discussion of the factors involved in determining an appropriate number of direct reports (i.e., span of control), see: http://www.change-management.net/articlespan.htm I should think the principles set out there would apply to a public school organization. Charlie Swope Ramsey Hill _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
