Business scenario analysis and applications

Business Management -- Communications Issues

Defining the Issues

Kava represents a potential opportunity for business growth for this organization as well as an opportunity to contribute positively to the indigenous population in the process. For a company such as ours that is committed to achieving meaningful goals for the communities in which it conducts business, Kava is a perfect environment to succeed on both counts simultaneously. In that regard, there are three principle issues to be considered: First, the nature of the economic opportunities for this organization; Second, the manner in which those economic opportunities should be pursued and developed to uphold this organization's values and commitment to benefiting the local communities in which it does business; and Third, reasonable appreciation, management, and mitigation of the various risks posed by the nature of the new business environment.

There are primarily three main types of industries available for development on Kava: (1) Industrial Development (i.e. petroleum refinement, natural gas extraction, and commercial fishing); (2) Consumable Produce (i.e. coffee, cocoa, spices, bananas, and sugar); and (3) Tourism. Additionally, there is the potential for developing both physical infrastructure and human resource capital. Ideally, our organization will exploit all of those potential opportunities in a manner that is symbiotic and that contributes meaningfully to the host community while also generating income for our efforts. More specifically, we hope to develop industrial processes to produce, refine, and export petroleum and natural gas; we hope to develop and process the optimum quantity and quality of consumable produce for local consumption and export; and we hope to develop the maximum potential of the tourism trade.

Toward those ends, we intend to contribute to the development of the organizations and institutions necessary to maximize the ability of Kava to develop vocational opportunities in all of those areas for its indigenous population, including in relation to establishing and maintaining the necessary physical infrastructure to support all of those goals over the long-term. Finally, our goals include the development of the organizations and administrative processes to mitigate the risks posed by the identifiable sources of harm to the community and to any operations established on Kava.

Forces Involved in Formulation of the Problem

There are three principal forces involved in the formulation of the problem: (1) The specific nature of the economic opportunities identified previously; (2) the demographic breakdown of the local population; and (3) the specific nature of the potential risks involved and the cost (in both economic and human terms) of mitigating those risks that are capable of being managed sufficiently not to preclude those opportunities as viable options for the organization and for the local community. More particularly, the tremendous percentage of young people on Kava makes education and professional development paramount in importance both from the perspective of maintaining the reliable workforce necessary for the success of this organization's ventures to the extent they depend on local labor and also for the long-term viability and benefit of the Kava community.

Therefore, a significant portion of this organization's efforts must emphasize the provision of educational opportunities and professional training to allow the many young members of the indigenous population to acquire the requisite skills and education to contribute productively to their community, to benefit personally, and to support the maximum profitability of the ventures established by this organization.

Organizational and Environmental Obstacles, and Stakeholders Impacted

The principal groups of stakeholder likely to be impacted by the decisions of this organization are: (1) the indigenous population and their descendants; (2) this organization and all of those individuals and families whose optimal welfare depends on the success of all ventures pursued by this organization; and (3) the local and remote consumers of the products and services furnished in connection with the commercial opportunities developed on Kava by this organization.

The principal risks facing the success and viability of the possible ventures considered for development on Kava fall into three categories: (1) Natural Climactic Threats capable of being significantly managed in terms of emergency response programs and strategies; (2) Natural Climactic Threats not capable of being significantly managed in terms of emergency response programs and strategies; (3) Deliberate Manmade Threats (i.e. terrorism and crime); and (4) Health Threats. In that regard, it would be advisable to employ a risk matrix to identify those threats whose magnitude, likelihood, and resistance to mitigation might preclude specific ventures under consideration.