The Decision Making Process$-$Case Study $1$

MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKING, is an assignment where you 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 the 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 to use through the decision process $($ie$.$ why that employee got fired$/$what led them to making this decision?$).$

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 list 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 to 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 complete 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 social 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 on 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 adjusting 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.

$6)$ Erin Hinks Human resources$/$Marketing and Advertising $-$ Wage $$21/$hr$.$ Responsibilities 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.

$10)$ Tina Ramsey $-$ 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. 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.

Your Task

$1.$ Your task will be to lay$-$off four people from the above list. Read and decide which of these people will be laid off. After choosing which employee's that will be laid off you will need to restructure the responsibilities of the employees to ensure the company can still operate $($Each person needs to restructure the employee's job descriptions $-$ you can do this as a group but everyone would need to hand in a separate copy of the restructuring$)(10$ marks$)$

$2.$ Each member of your group will need to choose one of the people that are being laid off and develop a decision$-$making model as to why they are among the people to be let go$.(10$ marks$)$

Evaluation Strategy

CASE STUDY $-$ MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKING

Question $1$: Restructuring employees $10$ marks $-5$ marks$/$employee with a completed job description $-$ Would it work$/$Are the employee's new responsibilities plausible? $(11$ employee's x $\mathrm{.}5$ marks $=5\mathrm{.}5/6)$

$5$ marks for overall ability to continue company operations

Question $2$: Decision making model $(10$ marks $)$