Bottom Line, Inc.
Individual Contributor - Participant’s Workbook
PERSONNEL AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT BRIEF
The department is responsible for all personnel matters within Sludge Brothers (which is non-unionized). The
department also provides technical training for production, and clerical staff. This year’s budget is $532,000
which represents a 10 percent increase over last year, allowing for 5 percent inflation and 5 percent for a
second technical trainer who was recruited six months ago in anticipation of extra production staff requiring
training. You have a number of ideas in mind for the extra cash:
You feel that the company has grown so fast that many supervisory/managers who are
relatively inexperienced in the role results in too much crisis management. You would like to
recruit a management trainer, who would manage the two technical trainers, at a salary of
$34,200. You see management skills training in planning and communication as a priority
though you a