CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES - McGraw Hill



Critical thinking exercises

critical thinking exercise 8-1

BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION CHART

Dr. Rea Searge is president of Peabody Researchers, Inc, a pharmaceutical company. Peabody uses a line-and-staff structure to organize its employees. On a separate sheet of paper, draw an organization chart for Peabody Researchers, Inc. In addition to Dr. Searge, Peabody has the following employees:

A quality control officer

A vice-president of production

150 research and development employees

A sales force of 100 people

A vice-president of finance

Marketing managers for three regions

A vice-president of marketing

A director of personnel

A vice-president of research and development

Production managers for three product lines

An administrative assistant to the president

A production force of 600 people

Notes for critical thinking exercise 8-1

THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE STAFF:

director of personnel

vice-president for research and development

administrative assistant to the president

research and development department

quality control officer

The rest have line positions.

Let the students draw the chart on the board with as little assistance as possible so they can think it through. A possible solution is given on the following page.

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ANSWERS TO CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE 8-2 (continued)

Peabody Researchers, Inc.

Possible Organization Chart

40 sales employees

30 sales employees

Marketing Manager – Region A

Marketing Manager – Region B

Marketing Manager – Region C

150 R&D employees

Personnel Officer

Vice President Research and Development

Vice President Marketing

Vice President Finance

Vice President Production

President

Administrative Assistant

30 sales employees

200 Production employees

200 Production employees

200 Production employees

Quality

Control

Officer

Production Manager – Product C

Production Manager – Product B

Production Manager – Product A

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