Successful organizations often result from an individual's passion for a certain product. In the case of Kathy Kudler, her passion was gourmet cooking and after the frustration of going to various locations to purchase the required ingredients for her gourmet meals, she decided that she would offer the convenience of one-stop shopping and opened a store in La Jolla, CA. (Virtual Organizations [Computer Software], 2007). As her business continued to flourish, Kathy was able to expand her passion and opened an additional two stores?one in Del Mar and Encinitas.
The management structure of Kudler's food consists of an overall organizational chart and individual charts per each store. The primary administration chart for the Kudler Foods identifies Kathy Kudler as the president with the following positions reporting directly to her: three store managers, an administrative assistant, the Director of Finance and Accounting, Director of Store Operations and the Director of Administration and Human Resources. Within each store, the charts list the store manager as the executive for that specific area with the assistant managers reporting directly to them and in turn the department heads report directly to the assistant store managers.
The President is responsible for the overall administrative management of the business and has delegated the control of each store to a manager. Additionally, the other direct reports to the president are responsible for the following: Director of Finance and Accounting is responsible for the planning and directing of the financial and accounting practices of Kudler Fine Foods; the Director of Operations manages the operations of the three stores includin ...