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Assignment Details and Rubric

This Assignment addresses the following unit outcomes:

● Identify characteristics of vertical and horizontal organizational structures. ● Distinguish between levels of authority in an organization. ● Discuss delegation.

After considering the scenario, completing the assigned readings and practice Learning Activities,

paying particular attention to the section on authority, compose an interoffice memo from you to the

company CEO who is your also co-executive in the business. The purpose of the memo is to

describe the impact of creating a new management position. In typing your memo from you to the

CEO, be sure to respond to the following for items:

1. How would creating a new coordinating management position between the executive level managers (CEO and CIO) and the location managers help the business to grow?

2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not, what is an alternative

source to fill the position?

3. Who within the company should make these decisions?

4. List the levels of authority (management) that your business will have if the new position is created.

You are Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a business and authoritatively in the role of co-executive

level manager with the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The business currently has eight

locations. Currently, the company’s vertical organizational structure is comprised of one accountant

and eight location managers who report to you and the CEO. Within each location, reporting to each

location manager is a Team Supervisor. Reporting to each Team Supervisor are four Customer

Associates.

The strategic goal for the business is expansion into a new geographic region and an increase in the

number of products or services offered to clients/customers. You and the CEO have discussed two

possible avenues to grow and expand this business. One possible strategy would be to franchise

locations. Another strategy would be to secure venture capital to finance an internal expansion by

opening more company-owned shops. Your business partner feels that s/he just does not have time

to further investigate these options because s/he is spending an increasing amount of time assisting

the location managers. You have noticed that two of the location managers have exhibited a lot of

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skill in the management of their locations and perhaps a new position could be added to coordinate

with the location managers. This would free both you and the CEO to work on the larger strategic

issues.

After reading the scenario above, the assigned readings in the textbook and completing the practice

Learning Activities, paying particular attention to the section on authority, compose an interoffice

memo from you to the CEO. The purpose of the memo is to describe the impact of creating this new

position. In typing your memo to the CEO, be sure to respond to the following:

1. How would creating a new coordinating management position between the executive level managers (CEO and CIO) and the location managers help the business to grow?

2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not, what is an alternative source to fill the position?

3. Who within the company should make these decisions?

4. List the levels of authority (management) that the company would have if the new position is created.

Current Organizational Chart

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Submission Instructions:

Draft your Assignment paper of at least one full double-spaced page in length, using size 12-point

size font in MS Word format. Be sure your paper is well written in paragraph form, with correct

spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Name your file according to the Kaplan file-naming convention.

Submit your Assignment to the correct unit Dropbox for grading before the close of the unit as an

attachment.

This Assignment addresses the following outcomes:

● Identify characteristics of vertical and horizontal organizational structures. ● Distinguish between levels of authority in an organization. ● Discuss delegation.

AB140 Unit 4 Grading Rubric Percentage Possible Points

Content, Focus, Use of Text and Research:

· Response successfully answered the Assignment

question(s); thoroughly used the text and other literature.

How would creating a new coordinating management position between the executive level managers (CEO and CIO) and the location managers help the business to grow?

Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this

position? If not, what is an alternative source to fill the

position?

Who within the company should make these decisions?

List the levels of authority (management) your business

would have if the new position is created.

50%

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Analysis and Critical Thinking:

Responses demonstrated critical thinking and analysis and

exhibited application of information.

30% 10

Spelling, Grammar, and Format:

Clear business writing. Spelling and grammar are

acceptable.

Formatting follows instructions.

20% 7

Total 100% 35