DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION

Preparation

In this assignment, you will create a departmental plan to address the corporate initiative of doubling sales outlined in the scenario below. Choose one of the following functional areas with which to base your assignment work. 

• Accounting and finance.

Scenario

Note: Review each of the following resources. You will need them to complete this assignment.

Imagine that you have been acting as manager for a short time in the Atha department that you chose from the list above. Atha’s CEO shares the following communications with staff: 

• Presentation From the CEO.
• CEO’s Sales Goal Announcement [PDF].
• CEO’s Memo to Managers [PDF].
• Organizational charts. (Note: To meet the distinguished level for the reorganization criterion for this assignment, you will need to update one of these charts to reflect your suggested organizational changes).
  • Accounting and Finance Organizational Chart [DOCX].