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Unity of commandprovides that an employee is responsible to only one supervisor, who in turn is responsible to only one supervisor, and so on up the organizational hierarchy. This is true even if the top of the organization is led by a group of people. For example, imagine you are the CEO of a technology firm in Silicon Valley. While the board of directors of your company governs the policy making and strategic planning, under the concept of unity of command, you do not answer to all members of the board, but only the chairman of the board
BASIS | UNITY OF COMMAND | UNITY OF DIRECTION |
Meaning | Unity of command refers to a principle of management which states that one incumbent should get orders from and report to one boss. | Unity of direction is a management principle which implies that all the activities with same objective must have one head and one plan. |
Purpose | To prevent dual subordination. | To prevent activities overlap. |
Focuses on | Single employee | Entire organization |
Outcome | The principle leads to effective functioning of the subordinates. | The principle results in coordination of work of various employees. |
Relationship | Represents relationship between superior and subordinate. | Represents relationship of activities, as per organizational plans and goals. |
Need | It is needed to fix the responsibility of each person in the organization. | It is needed for sound organization of activities. |
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