This document is a student assignment on the topics of span of management and delegation of authorities. It was written by Navneet Chandra, a student in the BBA program at BIT Mesra Patna Campus. The assignment defines span of management as the number of subordinates a manager can effectively oversee. It discusses factors that determine span, and describes wide and narrow spans of management. The assignment also defines delegation of authority as dividing authority downward, and lists factors that influence delegation of authorities, such as a company's history, availability of capable people, and environmental factors.