Chapter 11, Problem 11.1.1CS

Summary Introduction

Case summary: Madeline and Eva were student editors who were writing articles on mental illness and depression based on the stories of students.

Characters in the case: Madeline Hal pert

          Eva Rosenfeld

Adequate Information: Madeline and Eva were student editors who were writing articles on mental illness and depression based on the stories of students. The high school was against publishing the articles with the names of the students.

To determine: Was the problem the editors facing a technical or adaptive challenge?

Explanation of Solution

Given Information: Madeline and Eva were student editors who were writing articles on mental illness and depression based on the stories of students. The high school was against publishing the articles with the names of the students.

The problems the editors were trying to address were mental illness and depression mainly amongst the youth.

Technical challenges are known as problems in the workplace that has solutions that can be implemented through organizations rules. They were not facing a technical challenge as it was not a problem within an organization.

Adaptive challenge is where leaders encourage others with their support and solve the challenging situations thy are facing. So, these problems are adaptive challenges. As the editors can help a community facing these problems by encouraging them to be open about the situation and to share it with others.

Conclusion

The problems the editors were addressing were adaptive challenge.