Led a team of 3 in creating and presenting this presentation in Organizational Behavior. Our assignment was to create a company and utilize our class knowledge and present how we can grow our company from 3 members to 100 in 3 years.

1. Ben O’Brien | Nick Orton | Shafiq Rhaman

2. Chicago, Illinois
28.9%
32.9%
51.5%Female
48.5%Male
45%
5.5%
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LOCATION

3. Mission statement

4. CEO
YEAR ONE 4 employees
CTO COOCFO
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Focus: Hiring & Structure

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Hiring pt.1
Who?
Role of a Leader
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6. Hiring pt.2
Cognitive & Personality Testing
Personality Traits
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Before In-Person:

7. structure
Decentralized Organization
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Flat & Functional Structure
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8. structure

9. Sales Software
Engineering
Customer
Service
Finance
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Focus: DECISION MAKING,culture,policies
YEAR two 37 employees
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Founders

10. Decision making
Operational, Tactical and Strategic
Decisions
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Collaborating Style for Arguments
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11. culture
Mix of Innovative and Team-Based
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Brain Games - Brainstorming Event
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WTF Day (Whiskey Tango FoxTrot Day)
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Work with Habitat for Humanity
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12. policies
PTO
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Holidays
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Benefits
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Electronics Usage Policy
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Flexible Work Time
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13. Sales Software
Engineering
Customer
Service
Finance
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Focus: TEAMS & motivation
YEAR three 70 employees
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Founders

14. teams
Top Management Team
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Task Force
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Product Development
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Cross-functional
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All are Self-Managed Teams
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15. Motivation pt.1
Job Characteristics
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Job Enlargement
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Job Enrichment
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Job Design

16. Motivation pt.2
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Task Significance
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Autonomy
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Feedback
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Task Identity

17. Sales Software
Engineering
Customer
Service
Finance
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ENDOFYEARTHREE
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Founders
104 employees

18. Q&A