Jack And The Mountain People Case Study

Mission Statement
Jack’s mission is to acquire money or employment to provide support for himself, his mother and fiancée Jill and confront his dilemma for financing his wedding and the thereafter while acknowledging his wrongful action for stealing gold coins from the mountain people and putting Jill at ease with his illicit action.
Problem Statement
Jack has several issues confronting him and his family. His financial responsibilities are all dependent upon him finding employment or a source of income to support his mother, his household and his future with fiancée Jill. The cow, Jack’s only source of income has stopped producing milk, while due to the economy Jack cannot find employment in town. Now down to his last gold coin, Jack must

Retribution from the mountain people should be considered as they will now be on the lookout for the thief who took their gold. A second issue might be the discovery of the beanstalk by the mountain people as well as the town’s people and the results of this discovery.

The Problem Process
Three processes could help in identifying Jack and the Mountain People situation. These would include a problem identification process, a problem solving process and a goal setting process. Looking at a problem for its goals and barriers will help to define the problem by separating the bigger problem into more manageable sub-problems. The first process will assist with identifying the problem in the tale by applying an identification process for Jack to recognize his problem and ask the following:
• What prevents you from reaching your goal?
• The problem may need to be stated in broad terms since the exact problem may not be obvious.
• information may be missing to define the problem (white

Jack scaling the beanstalk to find his gold is similar to an employee climbing the corporate ladder and gaining higher earnings as well. The problems Jack faces with employment and finances can be compared to a corporation’s earnings and productivity in good and hard times. The town that Jack resides near could be metaphorically compared to a corporation’s client or customer base. And the relationships between Jack, his mother, his fiancée and fiancée’s father could be relationships between employee, management and customers. Likewise, the cow suddenly stopping milk production can be equated to a company’s equipment breaking down or being obsolete. If Jack were to truly follow all the processes and techniques for problem identification, solutions and goal setting, then this would be parallel to what corporations do or should do for dilemmas such as