Explain the decision making process of frank simpleton being laid off by the company and ted mruno given the responsibility.
MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKING, is a group project (graups of 4) where the students will need to choose four employees from a list of fifteen to lay off, They are expected to make this decision and restructure the employee's responsibilities as a group so that m_s company may still operate, Once they have completed that, they will individually construct a decision-making model and choose one of the employees that are to be laid off (o use through the decision process (ie. why that employee got fired/what led them to making this decision?). This assignment will require an oral presentation upon completion to identify and describe to the rest of the class what their project entalled. CASE STUDY - MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKING You are in charge of a landscaping company however times are slow right now and with the rising costs of materials and wages, your profits are at an all-time low. Because of this unfortunate situation, you will need to let some employees go. Currently each landscape supervisor has a team of labourers (crew of 3 or 4 - depending on the size of the project) under their supervision and the company has always been able to maintain working on two projects at a time (1 project per crew). The following |ist of people are the employees that you currently employ: 1) Anne Joyce - Receptionist - Wage: $15/hr. Responsibilities include answering phone calls, 'organizing the companies paperwork, answering e-mails and booking appointments. Anne Is 32, married and has two children in elementary school. She has a positive attitude, hard-working, 'well organized and has been loyal lo the company for the past five years of operations. 2) Frank Simpleton - Accountant - Wage $22/hr. Responsibilities include looking after the companies accounting practices and developing financial reports for management. Frank is 62, married, and has been with the company since it began in 2002, 3) Mary Saunders - Landscaping Consultant - Wage $20/hr. Responsibilities include meeting with potential clients, developing landscaping plans, and communicating with the workforce to complele projects. Mary, 45, is a skilled consultant and knowledgable about landscaping practises. She is married and currently her two children are both enrolled as students at the local university. 4) Walt Swanson - Landscaping Consultant - Wage $20/hr. Responsibilities include meeting with potential clients, developing landscaping plans, and communicating with the workforce to complete projects. Walt, age 42, is a very soclal and likeable person. Many of Walt's clients come from the people he knows and talks to about his work, 5) Ted Munro - Project Manager - Wage $23/hr. Responsibilities include coordinating landscaping projects and with the clients an a regular basis, forming a line of communication between the office and the workforce, overseeing projects and ensuring quality performance and completion. Ted, age 35, is new in his role and still adjusling to his new responsibilities. Ted has a degree in operations management and his experience comes from his years as a landscape supervisor. Ted recently divorced his wife and is having a hard time adjusting his personal life. Scanned wih CamSeannes 6) Erin inks - Human resources/Marketing and Advertising - Wage $21/hr. Responsibiltes include ensuring the workplace is suitable for workers, evaluating worker habits, conducting worker evaluations, marketing and advertising for the company. Erin, age 29, is a very energetic and enthusiastic employee. She's very good at her job and takes pride in the work she completes. ! | ; L 7) Rob Hogan - Landscaping Supervisor - Responsibilties include communicating with the project manager, communicating with human resources, training new labourers, delegating duties to the labourers and assisting to complete landscaping projects. Rob, age 41, has been with the company since it started in 2002 and worked his way up from a labourer to a supervisor because of his hard work and good attitude. 8) Brad Ermel - Landscaping Supervisor - Responsibllities include communicating with the project manager, communicating with human resources, training new labourers, delegating duties to the labourers and assisting to complete landscaping projects, Brad, age 39, came from a competitors company over a year ago. Brad has a degree in operalions management and accounting as well as 10 years experience in the field as a landscape supervisor, 9) Terry Gellert - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $18/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. Terry, age 26, is a son of one of your really good friends. You hired Terry nearly two years ago and the work he has completed has been satisfactory, however not much improvement has been noticed over the term of his employment. 10) Tina Ramsey - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $17/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work praciises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. Tina is a skilled landscaper who completes quality work however lately she becomes distracted sometimes when talking to Lucas. Tina is currently enrolled in night classes at the local trades school to increase her knowledge and experience in the field. 11) George Schmidt - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $20/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. George, age 37, is a hard-worker and has years of experience in this field. He is a mentor for many of the workers and the father of Lucas. 12) Lucas Schmidt - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $17/hr. Responsibiliies include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. Lucas, age 20, completes the work he Is assigned however somelimes takes longer to complete and someatimes becomes distracted when talking with Tina. Lucas works closely with his dad, George, and Is leaming to complete higher quality wark. 13) Jessica Shaw - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $17/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. Jessica, age 23, has been working for the company for less than a year. However she has shown significant growth in knowledge and leadership skills since being hired. 14) Dan Gunderson - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $13/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work Scanned win CamScanner % * completed is high quality. Dan, age 24, is one of the hardest working employees that you have % and very skilled at his job. He completes almost every project in half the time it takes everybody else. However when Dan becomes frustrated he sometimes gels angry, shouts, and swears. 15) Kevin Daku - Landscaping Labourer - Wage $18/hr. Responsibilities include completing work as required from the supervisor, following safe work practises, and ensuring the work completed is high quality. Kevin, age 25, is married and has two children under the age of 5 years old at home. He relies on this position to support his family. He is a hard worker and the work he completes is salisfactory. 3 %, - Vmem o n
