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Span of control refers to:

A. An orderly line of authority that exists within the ranks of the incident management organization.
B. The process of moving the responsibility for incident command from one Incident Commander to another.
C. The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.
D. The act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.

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C. The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.

Span of control is used by Human Resources to distinguish how one individual or manager can supervise among a number of individuals under them.
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