project failure

my team's egg project was unfortunately unsuccessful, but i did enjoy the process that we took from setting the objective , all the way throught to the implentation stage. the first step, i think was mastered. we knew we had 10 minutes to the deadline, ao we wasted no time. we knew that our goal was to make a contraption that would hold the egg to refrain from it cracking when dropped. we went straight for the blueprints. our goal was to have a finalized blueprint before we were given the materials, so that no time was wasted in bwtween. our weakness was that we were somewhat undecisive in the beginning on what plan we should go with. i had my idea, he had his idea and so on. the strenth that actually came out of this was that we had alternate scenerios, in case our primary plan didnt work. also, time was always against us, so we were constantly working. eventually, we settled on the plan of curving the straws to titly align them with the egg. our members had different jobs to do. some were cutting tape, other was bending the starws and so on . unfortunately, as i said, the plan didnt work once we implemented it. i understood what was arong, that even though the strwas were somewhat protecting the egg, the speed and impact of the fall was too much.

Cultural Oppisition

i was born in Russia. but i dont reall remember much of the culture in russian society because i came to America when i was two years of age. so, you could say that i am fully submerged in merican culture, but on the other hand i do stay true to my root, and so i am not how you would say "americanized." As of now, the way that bussiness is conducted in russia, is different than the way it is done here. ofcourse, this now, already after the fall of socialism. there, the government does not regulate or interveen as much. bribes are not only done without hesitate, but it seems it is the norm of doing bussiness. laws there, seems are very transulent, with not enough infrastructure to support them. in America, it is very popular to file a law suit after one was involved in an accident with another company or practice or so. in Russia, it is not practical to engage in such a thing. Those with the power and the money, in turn have the influence. in this case, let tit be the firm you are sueing. they can simply use thier influence and bribe the judge (or the superior authorities), or offer a favor in return, to side with them. in America, everything is done strictly by the book. And that is why so many immigrants try to come here every year, for our ethics and legal system. people feel that they are protected here by the legal code, that they are more secure here with thier job then back home, etc.