Pick a job you have held, and describe it in terms of span of control, delegation, responsibility, authority, and accountability. If you have never held a job, interview someone you know regarding the same criteria and summarize their responses.

Note: The business world offers many varied opportunities to excel in the workplace. As workers, we often do not stop to think about the terms listed in this question. The Unity of Command Principle refers to the basic rule that an employee must answer to a single manager and not several. An exception to this rule is the Matrix management concept.