Kaitlyn Tipton Intro. to Management Prof: Carol Locker Unit 4 Assignment Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. Interoffice Memo The Sandwich Blitz organization has grown as far as it can without engaging a major project to investigate the best process for a major expansion. By creating a new coordinating position between the CEO and location managers‚ the business has more potential to grow. In order to accomplish this‚ Dalman and Lei should create a Daily Operations Manager position. This job would entitle the hired
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April 22‚ 2014 AB 140 Professor NAME Question 1: How would creating a new coordinating position between the CEO and location managers help the business to grow? Answer 1: Creating a new coordinating position would help The Sandwich Blitz organization would allow the owners to focus on the business aspect of opening more locations instead of having to deal with the day to day duties of trying to manage the stores. They could now delegate those tasks to the new position such as
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promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not‚ what is an alternative source to fill the position? I think that by promoting a manager would be a great decision since the manager will have already knowledge of how sandwich Blitz operates. Since there are two managers already‚ promoting one of the managers‚ I believe that it would be a great assets to help with the company’s organization. 3. Who within the company should make these decisions? I believe that all
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weekly meetings should fall under the new location manager position. I feel that this would help the business by allowing Lei and Dalman more time to focus on growing the business‚ finding new locations‚ and monitoring their competition. If Sandwich Blitz wants to grow a franchise Lei and Dalman are going to need to focus 100% on the direction of the business. 2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not‚ what is an alternative source to fill the position
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means staying true to the integrity and high standards of Sandwich Blitz and showing leadership by making ethical decisions for the future of the company. Dalman has to consider the employees and the security of their jobs and also economic costs of the new regulations. He will need to discuss the legal issues with his lawyers and possibly try to obtain special considerations from the government to avoid having to move or close the Sandwich Blitz locations. It is possible that the lawyers can get the
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damage to organizations” (Batman & Snell‚ 2011‚ pp. 296). According to the Sandwich Blitz scenario‚ Lei has discovered that a team supervisor had allowed an associate to report hours not actually worked‚ thus receiving pay for time not yet earned. This act is considered time theft‚ and any type of theft should face corrective measures. The dilemma that Lei is facing is‚ this practice is not covered in the Sandwich Blitz employee handbook. With there being an absence of policies pertaining to this
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While visiting all of their operating locations has heard how successful they have been using the team approach. If Dalman and Lei would assign managers under them they would be able to be more equipped to handle the daily activities of Sandwich Blitz. The self-managed teams would require training to be able to determine what type of training would help the handle the daily responsibilities. The difference between a group of people working for and team‚is that a group will interact and do
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expansion of their business; Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. is the fact that their business is already successful and thriving. They have proven to be a very successful partnership‚ and future endeavors would lead to optimal results. Also‚ if they were to open up Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. in surrounding Cities‚ it would give them more customers‚ and geographically make their name well known; therefore increasing their profits. The weakness of a large expansion of their business; Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. is already having
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time. The increase in customers has left Sandwich Blitz almost crippled. Their employees are unable to properly fulfill all of the orders coming in which in turn is reflecting negatively upon their business. All of the errors that are being made will eventually run their business into the ground. Customers have come to expect a quality product and a great service experience. Without these two things‚ customers will no longer choose to visit Sandwich Blitz. The other area of concern is the amount
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the rear entrance of the building. The new laws also include that all out buildings be at minimum of six feet from the property line; Sandwich Blitz is in violation of these laws. The enclosure that houses the trash dumpster is five feet from the property line. The government inspector has told the unit manager that he would be willing to approve this if Sandwich Blitz provides the food for his department’s holiday party. Dalman and the Location Manager should decline the government inspector offer
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