Upton University is a large private university located in the Midlands. The university is headed by a
Question:
Upton University is a large private university located in the Midlands. The university is headed by a vicechancellor who has five pro-vice chancellors reporting to him. These pro-vice chancellors are responsible for, respectively, auxiliary services, admissions and records, academics, financial services (controller), and physical plant. In addition, the university has managers over several areas who report to these pro-vice chancellors. These include managers over central purchasing, the university press, and the university bookstore, all of whom report to the pro-vice chancellor for auxiliary services; managers over computer services and over accounting and finance, who report to the pro-vice chancellor for financial services; and managers over grounds and custodial services and over plant and maintenance, who report to the pro-vice chancellor for physical plant. The university has four colleges - business, humanities, fine arts, and engineering and quantitative methods - and a law school. Each of these units has a dean who is responsible to the academic pro-vice chancellor. Each college has several departments.
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1. Prepare an organization chart for Upton University.
2. Which of the positions on your chart would be line positions? Why would they be line positions? Which would be staff positions? Why?
3. Which of the positions on your chart would have need for accounting information? Explain.
Step by Step Answer:
Management Accounting
ISBN: 9780077185534
6th Edition
Authors: Will Seal, Carsten Rohde, Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen