Your Management Skills Portfolio is a collection of activities specially designed to demonstrate your management knowledge and skill. Be sure to save your work. Taking your printed portfolio to an employment interview could be helpful in obtaining a job.

The portfolio activity for this chapter is Establishing Organization Culture at Eden’s Fresh Company. Read the following about Eden’s Fresh Company and perform the skills activities that follow.

Brian Certo had just graduated from Rollins College with an MBA. Rather than entering the job market, he decided to open Eden’s Fresh Company, a fast casual restaurant specializing in salads and wraps in Winter Park, Florida.

Brian began planning for the opening of Eden’s by producing a spreadsheet reflecting all projected costs and anticipated revenues. After developing a spreadsheet business model that seemed workable, Brian began taking steps to start his restaurant. His first step was to recruit a partner, Colin Knight, who had just graduated from the University of Florida. Together, Brian and Colin acquired funding, selected and renovated a site, interviewed and chose suppliers, designed the restaurant’s décor, and purchased appropriate equipment and furnishings. As one of the final steps, they hired eight employees and began training them.