Introduction to Management Unit 4
Jason Combs
Unit 4: Organizational Chart
MT140: Introduction to Management
Professor Ileana Felipe
June 11, 2013
Unit 4 Assignment: Organizational Chart When businesses are looking to expand their operations, sometimes it may be overwhelming. With the case involving Dalman and Lei and their wanting to expand the Sandwich Blitz, it would be beneficial to both to create a new position. Creating new positions and hiring new people can alleviate a lot of stress for everyone involved with expansions. 1. Creating a new position between the CEO and the locations managers can and will help the business to grow. One very important benefit with creating this new position is the CEO won’t have to be involved with every single step. The CEO does have higher managerial duties to perform and having someone right below him taking care of other responsibilities will be of great help. If there are any issues, the manager can bring them to the CEO himself instead of everyone going to the CEO. 2. Promoting an existing manager to this new position being created is a very smart move. The current managers are already well aware of how the business is operated. They can give insight that a newly hired person cannot provide. An existing manager already knows the policies and procedures and quite possibly will know what’s best for a new building and location. If the decision not to promote an existing manager, the other option to find someone that has already worked in a position like this previously. It would make the transition for the new manager a little more smoother knowing this person has the experience. 3. First and foremost, the CEO should be making all the decisions when creating a new position and deciding who to hire for the position. The CEO is the head of the Sandwich Blitz and will do what is best for his company. Indirectly a CEO will always make the final decision. Dalman will have everyone’s best interests in mind and will make the
Unit 4: Organizational Chart
MT140: Introduction to Management
Professor Ileana Felipe
June 11, 2013
Unit 4 Assignment: Organizational Chart When businesses are looking to expand their operations, sometimes it may be overwhelming. With the case involving Dalman and Lei and their wanting to expand the Sandwich Blitz, it would be beneficial to both to create a new position. Creating new positions and hiring new people can alleviate a lot of stress for everyone involved with expansions. 1. Creating a new position between the CEO and the locations managers can and will help the business to grow. One very important benefit with creating this new position is the CEO won’t have to be involved with every single step. The CEO does have higher managerial duties to perform and having someone right below him taking care of other responsibilities will be of great help. If there are any issues, the manager can bring them to the CEO himself instead of everyone going to the CEO. 2. Promoting an existing manager to this new position being created is a very smart move. The current managers are already well aware of how the business is operated. They can give insight that a newly hired person cannot provide. An existing manager already knows the policies and procedures and quite possibly will know what’s best for a new building and location. If the decision not to promote an existing manager, the other option to find someone that has already worked in a position like this previously. It would make the transition for the new manager a little more smoother knowing this person has the experience. 3. First and foremost, the CEO should be making all the decisions when creating a new position and deciding who to hire for the position. The CEO is the head of the Sandwich Blitz and will do what is best for his company. Indirectly a CEO will always make the final decision. Dalman will have everyone’s best interests in mind and will make the
References: Bateman, T. S., & Snell, S. (2013). Management: Leading & collaborating in a competitive world. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.