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Decisions In Paradise

Decisions in Paradise - "How To Be, or Not To Be:   My First Assignment as an Executive's Assistant"
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Decisions in Paradise - "How To Be, or Not To Be:   My First Assignment as an Executive's Assistant"
"How to be, or not to be: My First Assignment as an Executive's Assistant" follows a new employee, Nik, on her first day of work as an assistant to Alex, the Director of Strategic Planning for the Volvo Corporation, a very experienced, demanding and influential executive. Nik, who had just graduated from college two weeks prior, now is starting the adventure of her new career with a solid and successful corporation. Nik's first week of work was engulfed in a brief introduction to Volvo, human resource procedures, organization processes, and an overview of the country in which she had been assigned, Kava, an island in the South Pacific, and making flight arrangements to get her there. However, no one exactly knows what her specific duties will entail.
Paradise
First Impressions
Immediately upon arriving to Kava, Nik quickly took notice that all the property in Kava was a mess, and this continued all the way to the company's office. It was evident that something horrible had happened to this South Pacific paradise. Upon entering the office, it appeared that this catastrophe had also hit the inside of the building, because it was a mess as well. The receptionist quickly introduced himself, and to Nik's surprise, it was Alex, her supervisor and mentor. He was nothing like she had imagined. However, on the other hand, she was nothing as Alex had imagined either. Both agreed that the statement, perception is reality, was true in this case in that it applied not only to their preconceptions of one another but also to Nik's ideas of what Kava was going to be, paradise.

Facts
Kava is a significant island country in the South Pacific. The population consists of over 50% who are under 15 years of age with an ethnic mix of indigenous South...