Rather Than Producing a Standard Product or Service for the Marketplace

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Essay

Rather than producing a standard product or service for the marketplace, Protegé Engineering completes special projects for clients. These projects require between six months and two years to complete and demand highly specialized knowledge in engineering, production management, and computer science. Most of the 600 employees working for Protegé Engineering have university degrees in these fields; a few have doctorates. Identify the best organizational structure for Protegé Engineering and justify your recommendation.

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Definitions:

Maintenance Expenses

Costs incurred to keep property, equipment, or assets in efficient operating condition, not improving but merely maintaining them.

Square Footage

A unit of area measurement equal to a square that is one foot on each side, commonly used to measure the size of an area such as real estate or interior spaces.

Administration Expenses

Expenses that relate to the overall management and operations of a business, such as salaries of executive personnel, legal and professional fees.

Square Footage

The area measurement of a space, typically used in real estate to describe the size of a building or room, measured in square feet.