Decisions in Paradise III: Kava
Eugenia Wallace
University of Phoenix
Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making MGT/350
Mr. Raymond C. Coleman
October 9, 2007
The island country of Kava was once a lavish and impeccable island to visit and to live on. But with the recent island threats of disasters, diseases, and poverty, that which once was, was no more. But in the midst of all the adversity on the island, the Help Out Credit Union saw an advantage.
The goal of the credit union was to establish a greater presence on the island and to help replenish it. But identifying the problem is just the first step. With tornadoes, hurricanes, HIV, and AIDS, it would prove the establishment process to be very difficult. Tourists wouldn’t want to travel to a place where there was a possibility that they could be harmed due to a storm or catch an infection from and island resident. Builders needed proper funding in order to build. The island needed storm shelters, meteorologists, medical doctors, farmers, drivers, hotel and restaurant managers, and tour guides. All of which required funding.
The island stays filthy and unable to grow, prosper, and replenish itself, because the residents are never prepared for a disaster to strike. The members of the credit union saw that. They saw how helpless the residents of the island were. They were hit by storms left and right. They had diseases and didn’t know how they got them or how to protect themselves from those diseases. Families forced onto streets with no place to go. No food supply or clean water. No place to receive medical attention and no one to provide it. The islanders could not understand nor could they cope with their current situation.
With the credit union decidin ...