Editing Business process (section)

=== Span of control ===
The [[span of control]] is the number of subordinates a supervisor manages within a structural [[organization]]. Introducing a business process concept has a considerable impact on the structural elements of the organization and, thus also on the span of control.<ref name="GlykasBusiness12">{{cite book |chapter=A Holistic Business Performance Measurement Framework |title=Business Process Management: Theory and Applications |author=Sezenias, E. |author2=Farmakis, A. |author3=Karagiannis, G.|display-authors=et al |editor=Glykas, M. |publisher=Springer |year=2012 |pages=75–98 |isbn=9783642284090}}</ref>

Large organizations that are not organized as markets need to be organized in smaller units, or [[departmentalization|departments]] – which can be defined according to different principles.