Decision In Paradise
...consumers and stakeholders and finding the problems or symptoms of problems are even more important. I am Nik and like every young individual I have many dreams. Some dreams have been replaced by reality and some are still transforming. I just graduated from college and with a help of a friend, I was offered a job with an international company on an island named Kava. My position is Executive Assistant to Alex. Chris is the founder of the company with a goal to help the people of Kava in establishing a greater presence in Kava. Our company is facing many different obstacles and my job is finding the problems and eliminating them in order to achieve our goal.
The first task that will help in finding a problem is getting information about the location, consumers and the current economic structure of the Kava. After reaching Kava, the dream of paradise was shattered after observing the horrible damage done by recent natural disasters. My introduction to Alex took place in a make-shift trailer and the initial interview revealed some important information, although many pieces still missing from the puzzle. I was, however, able to get somewhat of a picture of the Island of Kava and its people.
The geographic location of Kava is, unfortunately, in the path of many potential natural disasters that can threaten the infrastructure, and crops as well as its people. Such disasters as hurricanes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and even some epidemics like HIV and avian flu are serious problems that Kava can be faced with at any moment. According to research "Small island nations are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters since they can be affected over their entire area, and major infrastructure and economic activities may be crippled by a single event"(Vermeiren, 1989, Para. 9).
The infrastructure of Kava seems insufficient and futile for...
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