Mgmt 364 Final Project Case Study Essay
Final Project Case Study: Smith’s Accounting and Tax Service
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BMGT 364 - Management and Organization Theory
July 12, 2014
Professor XXXXXXXIntroduction Amanda Smith is an experienced accountant that gained an entrepreneurial spirit and decided to start her own accounting firm. The company, Smith’s Accounting and Tax Service started off well and began progressing in the right direction. Amanda hired an assistant named Lisa who was entrusted with many of the most important tasks within the business. Eventually Amanda decided to expand her business and enter the tax services field. Amanda decided that she would need to hire additional accountants to handle the additional workload that her expansion required. She …show more content…
I understand you left the interviewing and selection process to your administrative assistant, whom has no formal accountant training. I must ask you a question. What are Lisa’s qualifications to interview and select a certified public accountant? Your company is in its infancy and your failure to be involved with recruiting, selecting, and scrutinizing these major players in your organization are unacceptable. I recommend that until you develop this senior accountant in your firm that you are the individual to hire any personnel that will be involved in the complexities and legalize of accounting. Furthermore, I recommend that you follow the recommendations of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and develop job descriptions for all of your employees. The SBA states that besides describing the job, job descriptions attract potential employees, talk about the major areas of the job, outline what will be expected if the person is hired, and offer a starting point for salary negotiations (http://www.sba.gov/content/writing-effective-job-descriptions). I believe doing this will be a great starting point in giving your subordinates structure, guidance, and
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BMGT 364 - Management and Organization Theory
July 12, 2014
Professor XXXXXXXIntroduction Amanda Smith is an experienced accountant that gained an entrepreneurial spirit and decided to start her own accounting firm. The company, Smith’s Accounting and Tax Service started off well and began progressing in the right direction. Amanda hired an assistant named Lisa who was entrusted with many of the most important tasks within the business. Eventually Amanda decided to expand her business and enter the tax services field. Amanda decided that she would need to hire additional accountants to handle the additional workload that her expansion required. She …show more content…
I understand you left the interviewing and selection process to your administrative assistant, whom has no formal accountant training. I must ask you a question. What are Lisa’s qualifications to interview and select a certified public accountant? Your company is in its infancy and your failure to be involved with recruiting, selecting, and scrutinizing these major players in your organization are unacceptable. I recommend that until you develop this senior accountant in your firm that you are the individual to hire any personnel that will be involved in the complexities and legalize of accounting. Furthermore, I recommend that you follow the recommendations of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and develop job descriptions for all of your employees. The SBA states that besides describing the job, job descriptions attract potential employees, talk about the major areas of the job, outline what will be expected if the person is hired, and offer a starting point for salary negotiations (http://www.sba.gov/content/writing-effective-job-descriptions). I believe doing this will be a great starting point in giving your subordinates structure, guidance, and