Challenge+problem+8

Challenge Problem 8
Due date: You must e-mail your completed challenge problem write-up to the instructor (bmonroe@cmu.edu) no later than **08:00 on Monday, April 23**.

For this challenge problem you will do some research to discover and learn about an organization that has developed innovative products, services, business models, or approaches to address large, pressing, human social problems.

Prior to the due date, you need to search for and research an organization (company, government, NGO, not-for-profit organization, charity, religious organization, etc.) that meets the above criteria. You should do enough research on the organization that you can write up a short description of:


 * What that organization does
 * The social problem that the organization is addressing
 * What, specifically, they are doing to address this problem
 * Why this is an innovative approach

Note that the criteria for what kind of an organization you should report on is intentionally very broad. An important part of what I want you to do in this exercise is to think very broadly about how the concepts and ideas that we have explored in this class can be applied outside of the consumer marketplace.

Your report should be no more than one page, and it is probably feasible to do a reasonable job in as little as 2/3 of a page, single spaced (perhaps add a picture or two to fill up the rest of the page :-).

You will need to submit the report to the instructor by the deadline ahead of class. Come to class prepared to discuss what you found out about the organization / innovation.

Points:
This challenge problem is worth 50 points.

**This is an individual assignment.**
I realize that most of what we have done to date has been group work. For this one, I want everybody to do their research on their own and write up your own summary of your findings. You may discuss what you have found with your classmates prior to class, but you should not do so until after you and your classmate have both submitted your assignments