Campus Fast Foods: Case study (Book Review Sample)

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Campus Food Problems: Case Study
Characters
The characters in this case study include Aidan and his three roommates, the students of Michigan State University and the students at the organic food stand. The organic food stand is a socially responsible group that encourages people to eat organic food rather than processed ones. In their attention to the type of food consumed they have displayed various strengths and weaknesses. One of the strengths is their ability to be socially responsible by promoting food that is of higher quality and healthier among students. Organic foods are considered good for environment and consumers, and the food supply is one of the aspects that very pollution central in our culture. As Komives and Wendy suggest, social responsibility is essential for the entire community (30).
The organic food stand is also friendlier and approachable since when Aidan approaches them with a dilemma of how to eat healthy food politely explained to him the options necessary in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Their good leadership made Aidan to join the group and began spreading the benefit of eating organic food. In addition, the characters are in a position to inspire people to change and move towards achieving their goal. However, the leaders tend to focus more on stopping people to eat processed food rather than how they will get the organic food. The campus is full of packaged food and they should try to find ways of bringing the healthier food closer to the students at affordable prices.
The players in this case include Aiden and the organic food. The role of Aiden is that of a student who has indulged more in consumption of fast foods affecting his health. Upon meeting the organic farm stand he decides to change his eating habits and join the group in spreading awareness about healthy eating. The role of the organic farm stand is that creating awareness about the benefit of organic foods and helping people to change their eating habits in campus.
Environment of the Case
The environment of Michigan State University was full of thousands of people around with many distractions and a lot of food available to the students. It was filled with the temptation of eating unhealthy food. This is a major problem to the students since the food that was readily available to them was unhealthy food which is a major cause of obesity. As in the case of Aidan, after indulging in unhealthy food he gained a lot of weight and lost his strength. He felt lazy as he had no much energy to do things.
Unhealthy eating was common in the school since the students had resources available to them. The school had a cafeteria that offered various fast foods like sandwiches, countless bagels and pasta. Outside the school, the students could find themselves at McDonalds as the place had what they wanted making them lazy to cook fresh foods.
The Seven Cs
According to Komives and Wendy the seven Cs of social change are very critical values (45). The first C, which is collaboration, involves viewing leadership as a group process. In this case, the organic food stand aims at achieving its goal of creating awareness of organic foods through sharing responsibilities among its members. It goes ahead to include Aidan as a member who also takes the role of empowering people about eating unhealthy foods. This is efficient as it encourages members to achieve their goals. The second C is common purpose. It develops when people work together having shared values and aims (Komives and Wendy, 47). In this case, the members worked with each other with the aim of encouraging people to eat organic food which is healthy. Aidan attributes a feeling of common purpose within the group as his reason of joining the group. Having a common goal allow members to actively participate hence achieve their aim with ease.
The third C is controversy with civility which shows that any group has differences which can be accepted and resolved by honest and open dialogue. The organic farm stand avoided having differences by trusting in each other with the given responsibilities. The forth C is consciousness of self which means knowing oneself or self awareness. Aidan in this case is aware of his weaknesses and felt he needed change. He join the organic farm stand and like the rest of the students, he become aware of the need to eat healthy foods which is important for social change (Komives and Wendy, 48).
The fifth C is congruence which means being consistent and understanding values, strengths and beliefs of oneself. The students at organic farm stand were consistent and honest with their values of helping fellow students to eat healthy foods and that’s the reason Aidan believed in them and decided to join them. The sixth C is commitment; the students of organic farm food were committed to encourage people ...