BLOG IV &V (worth 20 points)

Turn to page 373 in your textbook and find the Alice Franklin case study. To briefly summarize the case study, Alice, a career-driven professional, lands a job at the Outreach Division, an organization that delivers medical supplies to Third-World Countries.  Zidga, a website development firm, is hired to redesign the Outreach Division’s website.  Their design is so good that it attracts the attention of deep-pocketed investors.  Soon the Outreach program collects over a million dollars worth of donations.  Before Alice can celebrate, she notices a disturbing trend:  the website attendance from South America and Africa has dropped.  Upon contacting Brazil, Alice learns that Zidga’s webpage has features incompatible with their web browsers.  To make matters worse, their out-dated computers crash from the updates.  Alice feels guilty because she the new website undermines the rhetoric of the company’s core values, yet it is drawing more money than ever before.

Suppose you were in a similar situation.   Would it bother you to leave out the website’s intended audience for big-money donators?  Do you think this primary audience change of the website is a good thing or a bad thing?  To receive full credit, you must write a well-reasoned response to this question.  I expect good answers from you.

One of the reasons people go to college is to receive better training for a certain occupation.  The end of the academic road presents as many problems as it does possibilities.   In today’s tough economy, finding a decent job right after college can be an arduous process.   However, whether you admit it or not, you have acquired analytical and verbal skills that can aid you in your quest for gainful employment. People often forget the college toolbox handed to them after their four years.  Nevertheless, it is there, waiting to be used.  For this blog, think about landing an interview for your dream job.   Explain what your dream job is, and how plan to get it.  Once you are there for the interview, answer these questions: (1) What is your greatest strength?  (2)What is your greatest weakness? (3)Why should we hire you?  To receive full credit for this blog, you must answer these questions in relation to your dream job.