The safety protocols to follow not to be infected with COVID-19 are known and well explained. Canada has even enacted laws that strictly punish those who do not follow the protocols especially the wearing of masks, social distancing and washing of hands. The major challenge is poor implementation of the laws. People are disobeying the laws, ignoring the protocols and behaving as if the virus and the laws do not exist. Obviously, there is an implementation problem.  Apply the barriers to problem solving to explain why the government is failing with implementing the laws and recommend how each of these barriers can be overcome. Use the following barriers to problem solving that is tradition, competition, lack of effort, complacency, and insecurity to answer the question. Use the four different corporate cultures to advise government on how citizens can be made to follow the protocols for all to be safe. Use these four corporate cultures to answer the question: bargaining, consultation, joint participation, and collaboration.

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The safety protocols to follow not to be infected with COVID-19 are known and well explained. Canada has even enacted laws that strictly punish those who do not follow the protocols especially the wearing of masks, social distancing and washing of hands. The major challenge is poor implementation of the laws. People are disobeying the laws, ignoring the protocols and behaving as if the virus and the laws do not exist. Obviously, there is an implementation problem. 

  1. Apply the barriers to problem solving to explain why the government is failing with implementing the laws and recommend how each of these barriers can be overcome. Use the following barriers to problem solving that is tradition, competition, lack of effort, complacency, and insecurity to answer the question.
  2. Use the four different corporate cultures to advise government on how citizens can be made to follow the protocols for all to be safe. Use these four corporate cultures to answer the question: bargaining, consultation, joint participation, and collaboration.
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