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Alternatives & Rationales $1.$Provide more training within current business managers to allow Casey more time to travel and maintain business with the local schools. Although Casey Petrie$$s business $$Print Plus$$is now without an official manager, if an increased amount of training were to be provided to the current managers to handle more tasks, it would allow Casey to put more time towards maintaining $$EduComp$.$Not having the burden of worry with $$Sportz Zone$$and $$Print Plus$$can give time to Casey in his hope of focusing more on methods to increase business for $$EduComp$,$as well, can provide him with more time to visit the local schools and rebuild their relationship. Also, increased training can lead to innovation of business practices and daily operations management for less need to interrupt the owner for every problem.

$2.$Hire more part$-$time and full$-$time employees for $$Sportz Zone$$to support the current staff in busy situations. Though this is a costly alternative, it will greatly help Casey delegate his time to be more effective in maintaining control of all the businesses. Hiring new employees through a careful recruitment process can also help Casey$$s businesses onboard some new insights and expertise into increased business actions and can also allow him the ease of time to focus on visiting local schools and inclining his businesses activities and sales overall.

$3.$Remove Eric or Ed Petrie from Tim Horton$$s and appoint them to another business to lessen the load of work$/$ongoing pressure. Since Travis Tranh had quit, a smart alternative to prevent costs of hiring or moving a worker would be to bring on Eric or Ed to $$Print Plus$$and instead, with formal training, to take care of the business. This alternative would be temporary, seeing as how they have no issues with their end of the franchise, and it would be preferred in the long run if Casey were to find a new$/$permanent$/$more competent worker for $$Print Plus$.$This can allow Casey the time to reallocate job duties between the managers and determine how to move forward efficiently.

$4.$Sell the Tim Horton$$s Franchise, appoint Eric and Ed to help with the other businesses. Through this would be a time$-$consuming alternative route to take, it could grant numerous opportunities to Casey including: More funds to work with, more human capital $($Eric & Ed$),$and more time to spend visiting the schools and getting out to sell product while Eric and Ed assist in operating the other businesses with following formal training.

$1.$Which option is the best?

$2.$Using the diamond model show how to implement the best option selected.

$3.$Provide a control system and a contingency plan.