• You may create a team of 2-3 people or do this on your own.

• Your presentation needs to be recorded and stored onto your FoCo Google Drive.

• You must dress professionally in the video recording.

• A link to your video presentation file from your google drive and a google slide printed as a .pdf detailing your solutions need to be submitted on this drop box.

  • do not forget to adjust the shared settings so that people can access your works outside of the FoCo Google ecosystem

  • trying to open and navigate through your works on an incognito/private browser is a great way to test access before turning the work in.

• You will share your work in a showcase during class. No professional dress is required that day.

• If you are absent on the day of the showcase for any reason, you will be given another scenario and the same amount of time to prepare for it. This protects the diginity and work ethic surrounding this assignment and people completing it. You will receive your scenario on paper when you return.

Directions:

Please read over the following scenario, create solutions, prepare them, and present the solutions via a slide show and video.

Scenario:

JLD, Inc. owned by Jake Hudson, was a very successful business offering lawn landscaping and design services in a community with approximately 40,000 homes, some light industrial businesses, and retail shopping centers. Jake owned over $300,000 of equipment including three trucks and landscaping equipment used for installation. He did not have any outstanding loans on his equipment. He employed two people full-time in his office, who handled scheduling, bookkeeping, and payroll. He had three full-time designers on staff that solicited new business and provided designs and landscaping plans for new customers. He had 15 crew members who worked in three crews of five members each. There was one supervisor on each crew. Business had grown steadily for over 10 years as new homes were constructed in the community and many existing homes were upgrading their landscaping. There were three other businesses in the local community that offered services similar to JLD, Inc. Jake watched his competition closely and made sure that he was competitive in his bids for new business. Business was going well for JLD, Inc., until the economic slowdown started in fall 2008. Jake had enough cash in his business and enough contracts lined up to keep his business going for an additional year and a half. Now that this time has passed and new home construction has not picked up in the community, Jake has some serious decisions to make. There is very little market for re-design of existing landscapes and no new construction projects, so JLD, Inc., is about to experience some serious cash flow problems. Jake does not see how he can keep his business operating for more than eight weeks. Most of his employees have been with him since the early days of JLD, Inc., and have helped him grow JLD, Inc., into the successful business that it has become. Jake would like to have his workers available when the economy recovers. But, Jake knows that he must make changes. What would you recommend that Jake do to keep JLD, Inc., going until the economy recovers?