this is practice assignment! not dishonesty $!!$ STEP $1-$ Summary of the Facts

$>$ What are all the relevant facts of the case?

$>$ Try to identify as many relevant facts as possible

STEP $2-$ Identification of the Problem$($s$)$

$>$ What is the primary problem?

What are the causes?

$>$ What are the secondary problem$($s$)?$

What are the causes?

STEP $3-$ Identification of Alternatives$>$ Think about the causes of the problem when identifying alternativesIncorporate class terms into your alternatives

STEP $4-$ Evaluation of Alternatives

$>$ What are the pros and cons of each course of action?

$>$ Think about how each alternative will affect company stakeholdersSTEP $5-$ Recommendations & Implementation

$>$ What alternative course of action are you going to recommend?

$>$ Why are you going to recommend it$?$

$>$ What is the plan to implement the course of action?

Think about the short$-$term $(0-6$ months$)$ and long term $(6$ months $-2$ years$)$

$>$ What is the contingency plan in case your recommendation doesn't work?

CASE STUDY TIPS

$$ The problem$($s$)$ and their causes may not be explicitly stated in the case therefore it is

important to identify them

$$ Causes help you to determine appropriate alternatives

$$ If you can't solve the cause, you can't solve the problemplease do this I will give thumbs up Thanks $!!$CASE STUDY:

The Partnership Dilemma

Angela Cross was one of three partners in a company, Chocolate Time that produced

and sold chocolate. The company manufactured boxes of chocolate and shipped across

Canada for sale in retail stores. The company also had three retail outlets of its own in

Toronto. Over the past ten years that the company has been in business, it has been

very successful$-$growing at a rate of $7\%$ a year. Over the years, the partners have

worked in specialized areas. Angela is in charge of the production facility.

One Monday morning, Angela received a call from the company accountant. He insisted

on seeing her immediately. This was unusual because Angela seldom dealt with

accounting issues. Tom Biggs, one of her partners, was responsible for the financial

elements of the company.

At the meeting, the accountant was upset over a series of withdrawals that had

occurred over the past three months. Tom Biggs had withdrawn over $$30000$ from the

business accounts. This was done for no apparent reason, without the accountant's

authorization and no paper work accompanied the transactions. When the accountant

questioned Angela about the withdrawals, she knew nothing about them.

The accountant was certain the Biggs was stealing the money for personal use. Angela

thought that this was a distinct possibility because Biggs' wife had left him and his three

children five months previously. Angela herself had wondered how Biggs could make

the payments on his large home and SUV without the second income.

Angela understood that this was a major problem. If she confronted Biggs and was

wrong, the partners working relationship would be permanently damaged. If Biggs is

stealing, he cannot be fired from the company because he is one of the owners$-$but

Angela did not want to work with him. If she called the police, the company's

reputation could be damaged.