CASE STUDY 1

I. TITLE OF THE CASE: Escaping Metro Life in Exchange to Province Life

II. TIME CONTEXT: When the investment banker finally decided to resign from his job
and start a new life in the province.
III. PERSPECTIVE: Local and Foreign Investment banker
IV. CENTRAL ISSUE: Even though the investment banker receives appropriate
salaries, wages, and benefits while working in the city, he desires to live in a more
peaceful, relaxing, and cleaner province.
V. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE
● To identify the benefits and detriments of provincial life.
● To decide where to use his one-time bonus.
● To determine if the advice of his colleague is reliable and sensible.
VI. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION
Strengths:
● Lower crime rate
● Small population
● Clean and healthy air
● Calmer and more peaceful place
● Affordable products and services
● Strong sense of community
Weaknesses
● Fewer job opportunities
● Poor internet connectivity
● Grocery market and malls are distant from home
● Lack of access to transportation
● Fewer hospitals and health-related institutions
● Fewer educational institutions
Opportunities
● To enjoy most beautiful sceneries
● To eat fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables
● To have a simple and healthy lifestyle
● To secure a stronger privacy
● To interact more with nature and animals
Threats
● High poverty rate
● Low amount of medical professionals
● Low supply of electricity and water
● Disease outbreaks
● Workforce issues
● Lack of credible data
VII. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION
1. Stay in the city and continue to be an investment banker
2. Purchase land in the province, construct a house, and transform it into
agricultural farmland
 3. Purchase land, build a home, and sell it in the future
VIII. DECISION MATRIX

Variables Proposed action Proposed action Proposed action

no. 1 no. 2 no. 3

Stay in the city Purchase land in Purchase land,

and continue to the province, build a home, and
be an investment construct a sell it in the future
banker house, and
transform it into
agricultural
farmland

Risks 5 4 5

Costs 5 4 3

Benefits 2 5 3

Ease of
5 4 4
Implementation

Grand total 16 17 (highest) 16

IX. CONCLUSION
After spending five years as an investment banker, he feels tired of urban living.
His stable job allowed him to save enough financial resources. Upon his resignation,
he should incur his bonus and separation pay in purchasing land, constructing a
simple house, and transforming the vast area as agricultural farmland. As a result, he
will enjoy a peaceful rural lifestyle while earning high revenues from the cultivation of
corn.
X. RECOMMENDATION
The inclination of the investment banker towards rural living is understandable
and expected. According to the news article written by Lydia Saad (2021), 48% of
US adults prefer to live in a place outside the city since they want to experience a
more straightforward and healthier lifestyle. Since he was able to work as a
professional for five years, financial resources do not hinder his desire to escape city
life and begin a provincial life.
If he migrates to a rural area, he has to resign from his job. He can use his
savings, bonus, and separation pay to purchase a 50-hectare land in the province.
Purchasing land is a good investment, but he has to use it for residential and
agricultural purposes.
Hectare is a standard unit in measuring land. The former banker and the present
landowner must allocate a hectare to construct his two-story house and use the
remaining hectares for agricultural use. Since the Philippine government plans to use
 corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative, the landowner should mainly plant corn.
However, it is better to plant other fruits and vegetable crops as well.
XI. ACTION PLAN

Activities Objectives Persons Costs Time

Responsible

● Find a rural land ● Investment ● P100,000 2

for sale that can banker (payment for months
be used for both ● Land land brokers)
Look for land agricultural and brokers ● P50,000
for sale residential (travel and
purposes. other
miscellaneous
fee)

● Verify the ● Investment ● P45,000,000 1.5

ownership banker (payment for months
of land ● Land 50 hectare
● Finalize and brokers agricultural
sign the land)
notarized ● P750,000
Purchase a deed of sale (payment for
land ● Pay fees to license and
Bureau of permits)
Internal
Revenue
● Settle
transfer
taxes

● Build a two- ● Land owner ● P3,500,000 5

story house ● Engineers (for direct months
● Architects labor)
● Construction ● P5,000,000
Workers (for direct
materials)
Construct a
● P2,000,000
house
(for
manufacturing
overhead)
● P500,000 (for
other
expenses)

Cultivate land ● Buy seeds ● Land owner ● P4,500,000 1

for and ● Farmers (for seeds and
 agricultural seedlings ● Land advisor seedlings) month
use ● Hire farmers ● P500,000 (for
salary of land
advisor)

Start planting ● Plant corns ● Farmers ● P7,500,000 1 year

crops and other (for salaries,
food crops wages, and
benefits of
farmers)

Apply as a ● Close a ● Land owner ● P500,000 (for 3

supplier for contract with ● Lawyer salary of months
the PH the lawyer)
government’s Philippine ● P2,000,000
project Government (for bidding
and
contractual
expenses)

XII. REFERENCE/S:
● Saad, L. (2021, January 5). Country Living Enjoys Renewed Appeal in U.S. Gallup.com.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/328268/country-living-enjoys-renewed-appeal.aspx