CASE 7.

HILLBILLY CABLE COMPANY: All Kinds of Everything

Chapter 7: Organizing Business Activities

The adjoining towns of Gapan, San Isidro, and Cabiao in Nueva Ecija were identified by Mr.
Rodolfo Fajardo as the right area for the proposed company: The Hillbilly Cable Company.
Together with two former classmates, Efren Puyat and Lamberto Buluran, they were able to
raise more than P1 million as initial capital.

The trio initially determined the market and technical feasibility of the project. They were
satisfied with their findings. The last aspect that they had to work out was the organizational
set-up of the firm. The partners agreed that the structure would depend on the various
activities inherent to the firm. So, they set down and prepared a list of the activities involved
which are

soliciting subscriptions;

2. installing cable connections to the subscribers' home;

as follows:

8.

4. 5.

6.

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billing subscribers;

bookkeeping and related matters;

procurement of transmission rights;

actual operation of the network;

receiving payments from subscribers;

repair and maintenance of facilities;

disbursement of funds;

coordination of the various activities;

securing the office and transmission facilities;

10.

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typing and filing;

delivering subscribers' bills; and

14. driving the service vehicles of the company.

The partners wanted to produce an organization chart and job descriptions of the various
positions that will be identified. However, they were finding it a little difficult to begin
drawing

Learning Assessment

1. Assess and explain what form of organization is appropriate for Hillbilly Cable Company:

flat organization or a tall organization

job groupings

organizational design

Design and illustrate your proposed organization chart for Hillbilly Cable Company that will
show the varied activities inherent to the firm..