The problem in the business scenario is that the island of Kava is affected by natural disaster threats such as typhoons, tornadoes, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes. The island is also affected by sickness such as HIV/AIDS and the avian flu. Kava also has to worry about terrorism and the risk of petroleum spills. With the potential for disasters the island is not able to produce natural resources so the economy of Kava is supported by tourism and offshore investing.
The company wants to have a greater presence in Kava. Chris Morales, the company’s founder, believes in do what is right, not for business reasons, but for ethical reasons. However, the company will only consider developing a greater presence in Kava if the opportunities are good for Kava and good for the company. A second reason the company is looking at developing a greater presence in Kava is that the government is interested in learning the company’s business model so government can use parts of the model to help the countries social needs.
Before the company makes the decision to become a greater presence in Kava, the company’s management team will have to evaluate if the benefits are greater than the negatives. Also Alex and Chris have made it clear the company and government will both have to prosper from the decisions made. The decisions cannot benefit one party and not the other. The growth and larger presence has to be a win-win for the parties involved.
Alex gave Nik the responsibility of putting a plan together on how the company can have a greater presence in Kava and how human resources, ethics, and organizational processes will play a role in meeting the company’s goal of have a greater presence in Kava. There are three key reasons that Nik can use when putting his analyze together for Alex. The first reason is the success the company has had developing, managing, and growing the different aspects of the organization. The second reason is the goods and services that the island of Kava provides to the company and to people from all over the world. The third reason is economics drives everything.
Nik will want to use the decision-making process techniques to help him put the company’s plan together. Nik will want to frame the problem, make the decision, and evaluating the decision made by Chris, Alex, and Nik.
Nik has already identified the problem as the different types of disasters that hit the Island of Kava every year. These disasters effect how people live on the island and how the company runs the business.
The goals and objectives of the company are to develop and manage an effective organization with structure and processes that will allow the company to have financial growth. The causes of the problems on the island of Kava are because of the lack of natural resources because of the natural disasters that happen on the island yearly. A second issue the island faces is government’s struggle to have a strong infrastructure.
The suggestions that Nik will make to Alex and Chris that will show them why the company should move forward with creating a greater presence in Kava will be based on showing them the past success the company has had on the island. Nik will also show Alex and Chris that the government and people who live on the island rely on the company to provide support when a natural disaster occurs. Plus, the government has also asked the company to help government develop the business culture on the island.
The impact of the suggestions will focus on three areas of the business, organizational processes, human resources, and ethics. These three areas are key to the company’s plan to become a greater presence on the island of Kava. The company will also work with the island’s government to develop the government’s ethics, human resources, and organizational processes.
To make sure the company is making the right decision to become a greater presence on the island of Kava, Nik will measure the development of the company’s organizational processes, human resources, and ethics. Measuring the company’s organizational processes will consist of reviewing each process and making sure the employee’s and managers of the company are following the processes. Nik will monitor the human resources by reviewing the company’s training procedures for the employees. The key to making sure processes are working and human resources are supporting the employees the company has to have strong ethics. Ethics are developed by doing what is right all the time. Nik will monitor the company’s management team to make sure the decisions being made are in the best interest of the company and the island of Kava.