The Beauty Salon Organization
The Beauty Salon Organization
Jane Doe
Management for Organizations
John Doe
Monday, August 1, 2011
The organization that I work at is a salon. I have been at this establishment for 6 ½ years. I have worked side by side with the owner, operated as manager, and I currently work in this organization as a self-employed manicurist. I have seen firsthand the outcomes of the functional and dysfunctional control systems, experienced how to develop control systems, analyzed and illustrated essential techniques, and seen the impact they have on my professional life and my personal life.
In 2005, I began working as a licensed esthetician and assisting the owner on daily duties. Working in a small business and being one of two full time employees I was able to work close with the owner and collaborate on ideas. The business started out as a tanning salon and later incorporated skin care, which is where I came in. Not only did I perform the duties of a skin care professional, but I also worked as a customer service representative for the company. We began implementing goals for the organization which included expanding the skin care department, expanding the tanning salon, adding members to our team of staff, and adding a hair salon as well.
By achieving these goals we had to plan, decide what strategies to use, and allocate the companies resources to pursue the strategies. The owner was the manager and as the manager she did most of the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The staff assisted her in her final decision making since we were so small. Our brainstorming would take hours and sometimes days to figure out each step to attaining our goals.
We did some demographic research to find where this industry fit in our community. Demographic forces are outcomes of changes in, or changing attitudes toward, the characteristics of a population, such as age, gender, ethnic origin, race, sexual orientation, and social class. Like the other forces in the
Jane Doe
Management for Organizations
John Doe
Monday, August 1, 2011
The organization that I work at is a salon. I have been at this establishment for 6 ½ years. I have worked side by side with the owner, operated as manager, and I currently work in this organization as a self-employed manicurist. I have seen firsthand the outcomes of the functional and dysfunctional control systems, experienced how to develop control systems, analyzed and illustrated essential techniques, and seen the impact they have on my professional life and my personal life.
In 2005, I began working as a licensed esthetician and assisting the owner on daily duties. Working in a small business and being one of two full time employees I was able to work close with the owner and collaborate on ideas. The business started out as a tanning salon and later incorporated skin care, which is where I came in. Not only did I perform the duties of a skin care professional, but I also worked as a customer service representative for the company. We began implementing goals for the organization which included expanding the skin care department, expanding the tanning salon, adding members to our team of staff, and adding a hair salon as well.
By achieving these goals we had to plan, decide what strategies to use, and allocate the companies resources to pursue the strategies. The owner was the manager and as the manager she did most of the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The staff assisted her in her final decision making since we were so small. Our brainstorming would take hours and sometimes days to figure out each step to attaining our goals.
We did some demographic research to find where this industry fit in our community. Demographic forces are outcomes of changes in, or changing attitudes toward, the characteristics of a population, such as age, gender, ethnic origin, race, sexual orientation, and social class. Like the other forces in the
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