Shell Programming and Scripting

Okay. I've been charged with an assignment to create tables.

I "Made" a manufacturing company called "Suit and Tie". I need subdirectories for the company, using three departments: Human resources, Manufacturing, and Sales.

1) mkdir Suit_and_Tie
2) cd Suit_and_Tie
3) mkdir Human Resources
4) mkdir Manufacturing
5) mkdir Sales

After doing these commands, i proceed. I need three scripts in order to create tables for each sub directory. Each script should ask for the department name, and for that department, create 5 sales persons with ID number and Name(this whole assignment is metaphorical for practice).
I also need ten products sold: salesperson ID number (must come from sales persons), part number (must come from products manufactured), cost of Goods Sold (must come from products products manufactured), and Gross profit (sales Price-cost of goods sold).

How do i begin with these scripts? I can start with vi script[1-3], but I don't know the commands to create a table that ask for the dept. name. Help!? I've googled all over for it!

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mkdir -p tie_n_suite/{HR,Manufacturing,sales}

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