Name: Lester Khiets Roa Course and Section: BSCE 2-A
Case Study 2. R.E. Construction: It’s Now or Never
I. BRIEF OVERVIEW
Engineer Romeo Estabillo graduated at MAPUA Institute of Technology with the
degree Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He took the board exam in 1981 and passed
it. In planning of making his own construction firm, he went back to his hometown Santiago
City and started making his plan into reality.
He hired 2 assistant to help him, one of his assistants Mr. Silvino Santiago, who is a
3rd year civil engineering student who had stop because of financial difficulties. He is a drafts
man, his duty was to produce all documents retailing to the physical requirements of the
various contracts also assisting engineer Estabillo in supervising workers on various
construction site.
The second assistant Mr. Ramulo Mamaril was assigned to coordinate purchasing and
other administrative activities. At the third year of operations, Engineer Estabillo he operates
his newly constructedo5ce on his residential compound 2 more female employees was hired.
In 1994Engineer Estabillo reviewed his company’s payroll he has six full-time civil engineers2
draftsmen, 10 administrative personnel 1 messenger and 1 security guard.
By June 1996 Engineer Estabillo felt that business was continuously growing also he
feels that he may not be able to perform his functions effectively if he will push through with
the plan, he thinks operations are now more complex that decision making is a must.
II. ANALYSIS
Engineer Romeo Estabillo is very industrious and hard-working when it comes to his
profession and his company. He is an engineer who have a vision of having a company
where he can use his degree. However, as soon as his company is growing bigger he lacks
of decision making skills and hesitant to make decision for the betterment of his company.
Name: Lester Khiets Roa Course and Section: BSCE 2-A
III. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Engr. Estabillo's company is expanding, and he believes there is already a need for four
more civil engineers. However, he is hesitant to make such a decision. This is because he feels
that because he supervises all of his subordinates, if he adds more individuals to his team, he
would become inefficient in managing his firm. Also, perhaps he believes that adding more
staff entails more payroll.
IV. POSSIBLE SOLUTION/S
1. As Engineer Estabillo is still hesitant to hire additional four civil engineers in full time
basis, he need to give more time to it and think deeply first about his decision.
2. Hire four additional civil engineers in full time as what he decided earlier.
V. PROS AND CONS
1. As Engineer Estabillo is still hesitant to hire additional four civil engineers in full time
basis, he need to give more time to it and think deeply first about his decision.
PROS
Thinking deeply and giving more time to decide in hiring additional four civil engineers in
full time basis will give him a time for him to assess things if there is really a need of hiring and
adding people to the company. This will lead him to create much effective decision because he can
think longer of what is the best thing to do for the company. He can weigh things and sort situations
in order longer for him to implement a decision whether to hire or not.
CONS
His company is expanding and growing in a fast pace and we all know that hiring additional
personal for the company is an effective move to handle the work in the company. If he need a lot
of time before he can decide if he will be hiring additional four civil engineer in full time basis,
maybe it will be too late for him and the work in the company will pile up because he lacks of
workforce. It can lead to more problems in the company.
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2. Hire four additional civil engineers in full time as what he decided earlier
PROS
In hiring additional four civil engineers in full time for his growing company can help him
in the workforce for his business. The work in the company will be divided and the burden in the
field of work will be lessen. Also, in can add more connections to other investors through these
newly hired engineers.
CONS
If you have more employees on your company, there is a much bigger responsibility in
handling them as well as in the company. Knowing the fact that he manages all of his manpower,
it might also be another problem to him on how he will efficiently and effectively manage his
business with quite a lot of personnel.
VI. RECOMMENDATIONS
It is very evident that Engineer Estabillo should take actions as soon as possible. He need
to decide things ahead of time before it’s too late. For him to decide and come up with a concrete
solution of what is the best for the company he need to consider the following areas of
considerations.
Areas of Considerations:
1. Demand
• External – the number of clients who demand and avail of the services of Engineer
Estabillo’s construction firm
• Internal – the demand for more manpower to perform all the tasks and operations in
the firm to serve all the needs of the clients
2. Current Status
• External – the company’s prominence in the construction industry
• Internal – Engineer Estabillo’s current status as the owner of a construction firm
particularly his competence in his work
Name: Lester Khiets Roa Course and Section: BSCE 2-A
3. Possible Earning
• External – the money that the company will possibly gain if he decided to add four
full-time civil engineers
Moreover, if he really decided to hire additional workforce to his company, it is highly
recommended that he must hire one employee at a time. This is for him really make sure that he
will be able to lead his business efficiently. Also, Engineer Estabillo must work on his decision
making skills so that the next time he encounter things like these or problems and issues that are
unexpected he can come up to a faster and concrete solution beforehand.
VII. CONCLUSION
It is everyone's goal to have a truly successful business or to make an already successful
firm even more profitable. In the instance of Engr. Estabillo, he sees his firm expanding and
believes he has to hire more employees. However, before making a decision, he must consider all
of the possible outcomes. If he believes he would struggle to manage a bigger number of
employees, hiring more may not be a smart idea. If the issue is Engr. Estabillo's apprehension, the
greatest thing he can do to arrive at a truly good conclusion is to make it methodically.
