Develop an organizational chart for your museum showing the hierarchical structure of people, duties, reporting lines, and salaries. Be sure that the salaries listed are reasonable to the duties of a museum staff member in the region where you have placed the museum.

You have been given the task of developing and staffing (and selecting the town or city for) a new museum (art or natural history) somewhere in the State of Montana. You must decide where the museum will be placed and whether the museum will be state-related, private, or be within a university.
Valuable collections have been transferred to you and include hundreds of thousands of objects or specimens in four major collection areas. A new building has been completed and awaits your actions as director. You have been given an annualized operating budget of $2,000,000. [Do not concern yourself with fringe benefits or building maintenance (landscaping, water, electricity, etc.) and other mundane expenditures as these are covered under a separate budget.] The entire $2 million is available for hiring people and operating your programs.
You must decide how to allocate the money among collection care, people, security, operations, exhibits, etc. Decide what collections you have and develop a staffing plan that meets the needs of the museum you will direct. Develop an organizational chart for your museum showing the hierarchical structure of people, duties, reporting lines, and salaries. Be sure that the salaries listed are reasonable to the duties of a museum staff member in the region where you have placed the museum. Your decision to develop a particular type of museum should include information on state history, demographics, state budgets, the state’s general economy, geography, competition from other similar organizations in the area, and so forth.
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