Publication Date

1-1-1989

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Lemanski, Dan

Degree Name

B.S. (Bachelor of Science)

Legacy Department

Department of Management

Abstract

Office Services is a small temporary agency and secretarial service company founded four years ago by a mother daughter team of former temporary employees. After struggling for three years, the firm petitioned N.I.U.'s Small Business Institute for aid in increasing the company's sales. Northern responded with a student team comprised of Jeff Goldberg and Brian Helmer with Dan Lemanski, coordinator of the Small Business Institute, as the advisor. The purpose of this report is to present the major findings of the student team including the problems found, and the solutions proposed. The prime focus of this report is the personnel management of the company, rather than financial planning. During the ten week stay, the team found six main problems: organization of management, lack of direction or focus, overstated markets, incorrect pricing schedule, dropping sales levels, and recruitment of new employees. Through interviews, meetings, and outside research, possible solutions were proposed and appear in this report. If Office Services reorganizes their management hierarchy, sets goals for the company, determine a new pricing formula, and improve advertising efforts, they can capitalize on a highly profitable situation.

Extent

36 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

Rights Statement 2

NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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