1. “Summer Internship: Career Opportunity or Cheap Labor?” by Luke Landes

Forbes, June 28, 2012

http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder/2012/06/28/summer-internship-career-opportunity-or-cheap-labor/

In a tough job market organizations are taking interns who need experience and will work for free. The article points out that a number of formal organizations are using free labor in for profit systems. For students this is a way to enter the organization and gain access to a job market. They are earning merit they can later use for entry into organizations. Many of the internships are for college credit linking two formal organizations.

A) What standards should be used to ensure companies do not take advantage of interning college students?

B) What are other ways for students to enter organizations to gain credentials?

C) How do students prepare to take advantage of internships?

2. “India’s Bureaucracy is the Most Stifling in the World.” Chris Morris

BBC, June 3, 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10227680

India has the worst bureaucracy in the world according to a study done by a Hong Kong based group. India scored a 9.41out of 10 for bureaucracy. Reforms have been ignored because it is a power center of its own. Bureaucrats are seen as insensitive in India. This is an example of the negative side of formal organizations.

A) What is your perspective of bureaucracies?

B) How does your college address the negative side of bureaucracies?

C) What are the main side effects of the negative aspects of bureaucracies at your school?

D) What aspects of bureaucracy will exist in the career you are pursuing?