After our visit to Alicorp, I realized how much hands-on projects can show you. All our lives we have been mostly used to getting our information with online research or books, with some exceptions, but I had never felt this way before. By actually going to seek for your information out in the real world, you are learning so much more than you could ever do through reading online research. The main reason for this, is because when interviewing people, or visiting places, you can ask specific questions to find the exact answers you need, which is something that isn´t too often achieved through old-fashioned research. Chiara and I had so much questions about Alicorp that we needed for the article, but no matter how hard we would search, nothing came up. When we met with the director of Alicorp, he could not have helped us more; he even set us a date to visit the actual factory to have a close insight on how they actually work.
“We create leading brands that transform markets creating extraordinary experiences for our consumers. We are in constant motion, looking to innovate and create value for welfare in society”
-Alicorp´s Mission
-Alicorp´s Mission
This visit really proved to me that Alicorp is a GREAT company. During our first interview with the Director, we asked all the questions we had during the beginning. Later on, we began generating more questions and doubts, because we wanted to avoid assumptions as much as possible. This is where the actual visit to the offices and factory favored us: all of our doubts were answered either through questions, or just by observing their working techniques. | |
The criteria we set during the beginning of the project for what makes a good article really stuck to us during this research process. We wanted to avoid not following these as much as possible, which is why this new way of researching was of great use for us. This was when I realized that there was way much more to the IA standard for project-based learning; the difference was more than evident. Instead of seeing Alicorp through all the outside perspectives, we were allowed a different point of view which was a tremendous difference.