Use the five-step decision-making process discussed in Chapter 1 to analyze the following situations and recommend a course of action.

You are an elected official in a small, third-world countrys house of parliament, which is responsible for initiating revenue spending bills. Your country is very poor; unemployment is high; most families cannot afford a healthy diet; there is an insufficient amount of doctors and healthcare services; and there is an inadequate infrastructure for water, telephone, and power. Recently, senior executives from technology firms have approached you and lobbied you strongly to support increased spending on information technology infrastructure, including the placement of 1 million low-cost computers in your nations schools. They make a strong case that the computers will increase the educational opportunities for your nations children. They are willing to subsidize one-half of the estimated $1 billion (USD) required to implement this program successfully. While their idea provides hope for a better life for the children, your country has many needs. How would you proceed to evaluate this opportunity and weigh its costs against your countrys other needs?You are an elected official in a small, third-world countrys house of parliament, which is responsible for initiating revenue spending bills. Your country is very poor; unemployment is high; most families cannot afford a healthy diet; there is an insufficient amount of doctors and healthcare services; and there is an inadequate infrastructure for water, telephone, and power. Recently, senior executives from technology firms have approached you and lobbied you strongly to support increased spending on information technology infrastructure, including the placement of 1 million low-cost computers in your nations schools. They make a strong case that the computers will increase the educational opportunities for your nations children. They are willing to subsidize one-half of the estimated $1 billion (USD) required to implement this program successfully. While their idea provides hope for a better life for the children, your country has many needs. How would you proceed to evaluate this opportunity and weigh its costs against your countrys other needs?