' ENERGY INTERNATIONAL DATA SHEET

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O Your group is a committee made up of the General Managers of
Energy International, a young, medium-sized, growing organization.
The prime mission of E.I. is to locate and develop mineral claims
(copper, uranium, cobalt, etc.)...

The company's business has grown. very rapidly, especially in
South America, where your organization has been made welcome by

the governments. In a recent meeting, the board of directors
decided to develop a new property near Fortaleza, in northeastern
mazil This operation will include both mining and milling pro-
uction.

The date is April l, 1972. "You have come from your respective
plants in different locations. This is the initial session of

e your annual meeting. Your first order of business today is to
select a new General Manager for the Brazilian plant from among
the candidates on the attached list.

Fortaleza, Brazil has a hot climate, one railroad, a scheduled air-
line, a favorable balance of trade, a feudal attitude toward women,
considerable unemployment,.a low educational level, a low literacy
rate, and a strongly nationalistic regime.

The government has ruled that the company must employ Brazilians
in all posts except that of manager. It has also installed an
official inspector, who will make a monthly report which must be
countersigned by the company's representative. None of the govern-
ment inspectors can read or write any language but his own.

There are a number of schools offering degrees in mineralogy, but a
passing grade in paleontology is essential to gualify for General
Membership in the Institute of Mineralogy. The largest university

0 is the New York School of Mines, which reguires the following special
subjects for graduation: geology, paleontology, geophysics and seis-
mology.