Since his father’s retirement, Bob Wood Jr. has taken over management of STATEWIDE LUMBER CO.  He has worked at STATEWIDE since he was a child, officially becoming a full-time employee upon finishing college fourteen years ago at the age of twenty.

He received a B.A. in Management from Smart University in 19XX.  During school, he worked part-time at STATEWIDE but spent his summers as a business intern in different companies in Big City, USA, in order to broaden his business horizons.  While working at ABC Consulting, Inc. one summer, he made connections consultants that he is bringing into National Furniture to assist in turning the company around.

As President of National Furniture, Bob Wood Jr. will oversee all it’s operations, including it’s manufacturing facility, it’s wholesale warehouse, it’s two retail stores, and the consulting function.

National Furniture will be divided into four divisions: Warehouse, Manufacturing, Retail, and Consulting.  The warehouse facility will include six employees who will manage incoming inventory and will make deliveries.  One of those six persons will be a manager who will have responsibility for successful inventory management and reporting.  The manufacturing facility will be the largest division, with twelve full-time personnel operating the machinery that makes the furniture.  One of these twelve persons will be the manufacturing manager.  The retail facilities will be two small retail outlet stores, one will have four employees, and the other will have six.  Each facility will have one manager.  The consulting division will have three interior design specialists.  These persons will report directly to Mr. Wood, who will manage this division.  The administrative office will be comprised of one receptionist, Amy Spreadsheet, VP of Accounting; her assistant, Kevin Flowchart, VP of Operations and Human Resources; his assistant, and Bob Wood Jr. and his assistant.

Amy is intimately familiar with every aspect of the planned operations of National Furniture from the purchasing necessary for it’s manufacturing inputs, to it’s method of payroll for part-time employees.  She will also be responsible for keeping the company's books.

Kevin Flowchart comes to National Furniture from a regional furniture manufacturer in another part of the country.  Kevin has helped design the planned organizational structure and was vital in assisting Mr. Wood in conceiving the consulting division for the company, which is now a bright star in the company’s future.

Amy and Kevin both have ample experience within the industry and have already provided invaluable advice and insight to Bob Wood Jr.  However, Mr. Wood has recommended to both Amy and Kevin that they seek to further their education and training in computerized information systems.  Neither of these two individuals has substantial computer training beyond the skills necessary for their particular job description.  He believes computerizing the record keeping and communications could save the company a substantial amount of money.  Thus, he has insisted that the three of them attend a management information class at Tri-State University two evenings per week.