At the beginning of year two, FoxTrot will have grown to 37 employees. The founders will still be the beginning four. Sales will have grown to 12 employees, being FoxTrot’s largest department. Since the organization will primarily be sales-oriented, sales will consistently grow as FoxTrot’s largest department. Software Engineers will grow 10, just under the amount of sales employees. Finance will have four employees, while customer service will round of the 37 with seven employees. Goals As a general rule, FoxTrot will have a guideline on how goals are created in each department. Goals must be Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Time-bound, also known as the SMART system. This will help give employees direction and a clear indication of how much needs to be done in a specific amount of time, making goals very manageable. A good example of this would be in the sales department: Specific - Each new sales representative should bring in 16 new clients every month for their first year in Foxtrot. Measurable - Sign 4 clients every week. Actionable - Attend bi-weekly sales training programs and implement new sales tactics. Realistic - Make 75 calls a week to meet this mark. Time-bound - Within 365 …show more content…
Individual employees will be able to make Operational decisions on their own with little to no interference from higher-ups. For Tactical decisions, however, it will be required that employees form teams in order to come to a decision. Management will have a small amount of sway in these kinds of decisions by having the teams get their approval before finalizing the decision. Strategic decisions will be handled a little differently, as the importance of the decisions could make or break the company. Only management and top executives will be able to make Strategic decisions, but employees will still be allowed to offer their advice and opinions on the