Question

Company B needs 250,000 person-hours to meet customer needs in 2017. Company B's policy is to hire 1 supervisor (lowest level manager) for every 10 workers, 1 line manager (middle manager) for every 10 supervisors, and 1 senior manager for every 5 line managers, and 1 COO for every 5 senior managers. Assuming each worker works an 8 hour day and 240 days per year, calculate:

The number of workers needed to meet customer expectations
Supervisors (lowest level manager)
Line managers (middle manager)
Senior managers, and
COOs
Company C needs 50,000 person-hours to meet customer needs in 2017. Company C's policy is to hire 1 supervisor (lowest level manager) for every 5 workers, 1 line manager (middle manager) for every 5 supervisors, and 1 senior manager for every 5 line managers, and 1 COO for every 5 senior managers. Assuming each worker works an 8 hour day and 240 days per year, calculate:
The number of workers needed to meet customer expectations
Supervisors (lowest level manager)
Line managers (middle manager)
Senior managers, and
COOs
Now, please combine the number of workers from both Company B and Company C and design the new structure using Company B's structure policy.
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Company B workers needed -
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Company B supervisors needed -
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Company B middle managers needed -
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Company B senior managers needed -
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Company B COOs needed -
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Company C workers needed-
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Company C supervisors needed -
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Company C middle managers needed -
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Company C senior managers needed -
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Company C COOs needed -
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Merged company's workers needed -
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Merged company's supervisors needed -
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Merged middle managers needed -
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Merged company's senior managers needed -
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Merged company's COOs needed

Answer 1

- For company B: Workers: 131; Supervisor: 14; Line Manager: 2; Senior Manager: 1; COO: 1

- For company C: Workers: 26; Supervisor: 6; Line Manager: 2; Senior Manager: 1; COO: 1

- For combined Company: Workers: 157; Supervisor: 16; Line Manager: 2; Senior Manager: 1; COO: 1

Step-by-step explanation:

- For company B:

+ Number of workers needed = Number of person-hours needed/ total number of working hour in a year = 250,000/ (240 x 8) = 131 workers.

=> Number of supervisor needed = 14; Number of Line manager needed = 2; Number of Senior needed = 1; Number of COO needed = 1 ( that is 1 upper management level for every 10 lower level).

- For Company C:

+ Number of workers needed = Number of person-hours needed/ total number of working hour in a year = 50,000/ (240 x 8) = 26 workers.

=> Number of supervisor needed: 6; Number of Line manager needed = 1; Number of Senior needed = 1; Number of COO needed = 1 ( that is 1 upper management level for every 5 lower level).

- For the combined firm:

+ Total number of workers: 131+ 26 = 157 workers

=> Number of supervisor needed = 16; Number of Line manager needed = 2; Number of Senior needed = 1; Number of COO needed = 1 ( that is 1 upper management level for every 10 lower level).