ISOM - A Rural Tale

Problems analyzed

In this case study, the problem faced by the foreign aid workers is that they are facing villagers from a developing country which means the countrymen is not educated well enough to understand what good technology will bring to them. Changes made by the foreign aid workers might not bring out good response but them but instead a negative response due to their conservative mind that do not accept changes in their life.

Furthermore, communication will be a problem as based on the case study, there is no people from the home country to help the foreign aid workers to communicate with them. With language and style as a barrier, they might face difficulties to deliver the good message to them.

After identifying the problem faced by the villagers, the foregin aid workers should do some survey or questionaire on what they wanted for improvement and is the pipe the best suited solution for them and will they accept it for it will not distrupt their daily routines.

Due to the insufficient knowledge in rural villagers, videos on the advantage of the pipe may bring should be demonstrated to the villagers so that they can learn to adapt and accept because it can help to improve their quality of live.

After the implementation of the system, there is nobody to educate them how to operate the pipes. Due to their lack of knowledge and exposure in technology, it will hinder them from utilizing it to its full potential.

Recommendations

The recommendations that I will provide is to response to the problems that lead to the failure of the implementation imposed. The first recommendation that I will provide will be having a representative that has good rapport with the villagers assisting the foregin aid workers so that they will have good flow of communications and understand each other better. Rural villagers might not seen foreign people in their land before and will feel hostile to their presence.

Foreign aid workers should hand out some questionaires to really identify the problem faced by the villagers and not by assumptions made.

Foreign aid workers should also educate them on what advantage the pipes will bring into their lives. They also can tell the villagers that it will ease their lives and to increase productivity of the village.

After implementation, the workers should educate the villagers on how to use the the pipes. People do not know how to use something that’s really new in their presence until taught.