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Pulligan Total Water

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The person I would like to introduce is Lorie, she is the General Manager of Culligan Total Water. I chose her because she is the only person I know that works in a position that would involve enough mathematical skills to write a two page paper.
Her position usually requires a degree in Business Management, or something equivalent, however, she was hired at Culligan for the General Manager position due to her past management experiences she had with other companies. Lorie did complete high school and also had some extra office type classes through MATC. My future plans are not to be in Management however, regardless of what type of career I choose, I believe math skills are important.

In Lorie’s position she does need some mathematical …show more content…

She uses excel spreadsheets for different positions of the company. One of the exel spreadsheets is used for the route drivers. This sheet is set up by formulas to figure out their units per man hour for delivered products, which in turn will help figure out their bonus for meeting their quota. The spreadsheet formulas figure out the number of products delivered, the type of products delivered, and the amount of time it took to run each route. This will then calculate their units per man hour.
Another spreadsheet used is the sales department. The formulas on this spreadsheet will calculate their commissions, the type of units sold or rented, the address of each customer and what the total commissions to be paid will be. There are several other excel spreadsheets used in the company in each department using formulas, however, they are all similar to what has been …show more content…

She believes that by going to College it would have gave her more knowledge in the accounting position, which in turn would help her develop her spreadsheets without any help. She learned most of what she knows by on the job training and a few additional classes she has taken at MATC. She does make a very good salary, and doesn’t think by having a degree in Management she could have made more money. She stated that she did not know that she would one day be in a Management position when she graduated high school. She fortunately landed a job that groomed her to be the Director of Operations and was employed there for 10 years. Her position of Director of Operations helped her to get her current Management position at

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