Father Greg Boyle or Father G

PART 1: BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY

Boyle Height is a middle class neighbourhood of East Los Angeles which was name after Andrew Boyle in 1875. To outsider thus seems to be a peaceful place full of activity. But the truth is thus is a place for gangster and compromise of illegal immigrant mostly in here East of Los Angeles which was once a centre of Jewish and Japanese American in the 20 century. Boyle Height are resident to 94-95% of Hispanic or Latino and are residing in two large housing project when most of the children live and offered  no bright future for them when they grow up.

Father Greg Boyle or Father G also know as G Dog is founder of the Job for Future (JFF) a non profit organization centre in 1988. The centre provider counseling, Job placement and coaching interview skill for former gang or juvenilereleasefor a better future. He is a native of Los Angeles and wasordainedas priest in1984 and become a pastor in 1986 at mission church at Boyle Height. During his tenure as pastor he saw the worst gang problem in the US of America. Due to this course he was propelled to help and save the kids with his new vision. Father Boyle is sometimes invited to function and his speech inspired many audience. In 1992 after Boyle created Homeboy Industries and shave the same builders use by JFF. To most people Father Boyle is alegadly hero box in real life he is strongly from his illness when diagnose with Leukemia in 2003. Despite chemotherapy he is always fit and full of energy.

At Homeboy Industries the office is just like big Office in the town with an array of computer and polite staffs with professional manners but there is still a reminder of their previous life such as tattoo or fashion of dressing bearing the Homeboy Merchandise logo meaning they want start a fresh and better life with the no connection to gangsterism.

Homeboy Industries develope several business enterprise and hired some of them which was trained from the training program of JFF. It started with Homeboy Bakery and was a success with profit used to fund other venture but it was destroyed by fine in 1999. They opened another bakery in 2003 and this too was a huge success with an earning up to $800,000.

Following this success of Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy Silkscreen, Homeboy Merchandise Homeboy Graffiti removal and maintenance and it employed more than 70 persons and attendance is punctuality. They work together regardless former member of enemy gang. Most of them are friendly and they visited Homeboy Industries.

The centre also help some of them like Carlos Nieto a former convict and also Filipe Antomo who is on wheel chair at the age of 17 due to shooting incident. Homeboy Silkscreen was inspired by Father Boyle to help Ruben Rodriguez a former alcoholic and drunkard. By utilizing his wife expertise in silkscreen skill and the business started in 1996. thus begin to air free commercial for business that followed with the setup of Homeboy Merchandise and everybody were the logo proudly.

Homeboy Graffiti removal service and Homeboy maintenance service was started as a general service and provide job to the you the and reduce violence. Their service is always needed paid by the residue in Boyle Height to keep the neighbourhood clean and to beautiful the resident.  Michael Baca was a retired firefighter and is on his way to Homeboy Industries while he is the operational direction since 2003 to atten a staffs meeting. He has three brother and gang members and Micheal wanted to lead a beautiful life by becoming a firefighter and s certified emergency medical technician at age 20.

His dream was perish by an accident when he fall from a roof top and loose him an injure. When he was in the hospital he served for his community by counseling team and that’s now Farther Boyle offered him the position when the current operation director of Homeboy Industries resign in 2002 and since then he and Father Boyle become good friends when Micheal opened the door to the meeting room most of the staffs were discussion about the to twice of Homeboy Industries. Some of the staffs wanted to expend the division business due to it market potential. Since it start a years ago and they need Micheal Baca support to propose it to the chairman father Boyle. But some of them throught the branch of Homeboy merchandise would be a bad example for future generation as moset of the gangster wore this brand Michael Baca is ponderin wether to support or just leave it like that.    

PART 2 (A):  ISSUES/PROBLEMS OF THE CASE STUDY

1. HOMEBOY VENTURES WERE NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT AND WERE STRUGGLING IN FINDING CAPITAL.

The Homeboy Industrial schedule of revenue and expenditures 2003 has shown negative profit margin. The business operations were far from profitable and had to be supplemented by 3 major fund-raising activities namely, a yearly dinner, a direct-mail campaign, and father Boyle’s speaking engagement. This could be an indication that Homeboy industries inability to control costs. Budget overruns or unexpected costs incurred more than budgeted estimates can result in a negative profit margin. Even when the target revenues are met, and cost of goods sold kept within projected estimates which was seen in the bakery and merchandise revenue, a negative profit margin can still occur if expenses incurred during the current period go beyond gross profit.

1. DOES NOT HAVE A TANGIBLE GOAL IN ITS BUSINESS.

Unlike most business incubators, Homeboy Industries’ standard of success was vastly different. It stated mission was to assist at risk and former gang-involved youth to be contributing members of the community. With that in mind, the quantitative measures of success of Homeboy Industries were the number of past and current clientele as well in terms of how much an individual change. However, it does not incorporate a more tangible business goal into its organization. Homeboy Industries was not systematically tracking the number of “success” or “failure” of any kind. Even though Homeboy Industries is a non-profit organization, it has failed in determining a realistic and measurable goal that allow the organization to be self-sufficient and to operate more effectively. Thus, becoming dependent to public fund the sustain its organization.

1. LACK OF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES AND HUMAN RESOURCES. 

Some business unit in Homeboy Industries did not have full time general managers. Michael Baca as an operating manager often find found himself rushing between business and projects solving problems. In addition to that, Father Boyle had not implemented formal structures or consistent processes for making important decisions for Homeboy Industries. He made all the decision by himself and despite Father Boyle’s imperfection as a manager, the board of directors was usually sympathetic of him and did not want to challenge his management. This can be due to the lack of personnel in managerial position. Besides that, due to the lack of manpower or lack of right personnel staff, many ideas, even though it fits well with Homeboy Industries mission statement, can’t be executed.