Do you think that Barad’s age in 1999 should have had any relation to her ability to keep the Barbie line up to date? Explain your answer.
Directions: Go to the Biography Resource Center database. Click Biographical Facts Search under Other Searches. When the search form page opens, click on View Occupation Terms, click on B, and choose Business executive which appears in the Occupation List. From the Nationality search box, choose American. From the Gender search box, choose Female. From the Birth Year search box, click is after and type in 1950. Click SEARCH. Click on Jill
Barad. Read one or more of the articles on Jill Barad and then answer the questions.
What will be an ideal response?
The fact that Barad was nearly fifty should not have had any relation to her ability to keep the Barbie line up to date. Even if she was middle-aged, she should have been able to employ people who were younger and perhaps better able to determine what young girls wanted in their toys. The real question is whether she was willing to react to what market research told her.
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