Management class 3-1-2-0
I just wanted to let you know,
We had a good time, you and me,
But we can be no more you see.
It was a one time thing, I'm sad to say.
It was just a fling, ending in the month of May.
One semester of passion is all I can take,
Don't make this hard and I'll buy you a cake.
Goodbye management class 3-1-2-0, section MW6A.
May we not meet again and avoid an awkward meeting is what I will pray.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Blog Communication
I thought that the blogging assignments were a very interesting way for students to work outside the classroom in a way that utilizes modern technology and also something that nearly all students do at some point in their lives.
For myself, I don't think it was a very good way to communicate with other students outside of class as most students, including myself, from what I could tell used the blog only for assignment purposes. Although it was a very good way to encourage students to think about class activities and topics learned while in lecture, something that is probably hard to do in other classes where you aren't required to go back and write about the experiences you shared with others.
Through the professor's blog, there were other things that we could also learn about, though I think it would've been more enjoyable to do so, had it not been one of the requirements for our blog assignments. The blog also allowed for good control of each individual's grade, although I must admit, I did not know that it was twenty percent. And so because of this, I did not spend as much time on the blog as I could have and lessened some of the burden from studying for the tests that we had.
Finally, there is some possibility that I will continue to do this blog even after the class, although the chance of it is pretty low, seeing as how responses aren't that frequent and most people don't really read it; it seems that it would be pretty pointless to continue on, but there is always that chance.
For myself, I don't think it was a very good way to communicate with other students outside of class as most students, including myself, from what I could tell used the blog only for assignment purposes. Although it was a very good way to encourage students to think about class activities and topics learned while in lecture, something that is probably hard to do in other classes where you aren't required to go back and write about the experiences you shared with others.
Through the professor's blog, there were other things that we could also learn about, though I think it would've been more enjoyable to do so, had it not been one of the requirements for our blog assignments. The blog also allowed for good control of each individual's grade, although I must admit, I did not know that it was twenty percent. And so because of this, I did not spend as much time on the blog as I could have and lessened some of the burden from studying for the tests that we had.
Finally, there is some possibility that I will continue to do this blog even after the class, although the chance of it is pretty low, seeing as how responses aren't that frequent and most people don't really read it; it seems that it would be pretty pointless to continue on, but there is always that chance.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Give me a D! i! S! C!
When we finally got our test results back from the personal profile test, I was quite anxious and a little surprised at the results. However I believe that the test accurately profiled me, at least for the most part anyway. My test result was that I was a C, high D. I almost wished it was the other way around, but I think it is still a good judge of the kind of person I am, and I suppose that I wouldn't change it.
As accurate as this and other tests may be, I do believe that judging people based solely on tests and questions is not enough to fully understand someone, there must be interactions so I would not like something like this in order to help with other personal interactions.
I think that it is best to have one of each type, that way everybody can support everyone else and also give out ideas that may help the group make the best decision overall. But since I am a C, it would be best to have a D person, a S person and a I person to fully fulfill the needs of each other.
As accurate as this and other tests may be, I do believe that judging people based solely on tests and questions is not enough to fully understand someone, there must be interactions so I would not like something like this in order to help with other personal interactions.
I think that it is best to have one of each type, that way everybody can support everyone else and also give out ideas that may help the group make the best decision overall. But since I am a C, it would be best to have a D person, a S person and a I person to fully fulfill the needs of each other.
Monday, March 30, 2009
VISION...it's powerful.
The video we all saw in class was really corny but in a way it was also very empowering.
Anyway my visions that I see for myself in the next few years are:
1. Being an entrepreneur and starting my own business, probably in the service industry.
2. Doing something wildly absurd, but attract the attention of people and become "famous" for no apparent reason and getting paid just to show up to places, because apparently there are very dumb people in the world with money, who are willing to pay for things like that.
3. Become an ASSASSIN or like a NINJA, or something because its cool.
4. Doing something outside the normal means of work, such as becoming a professional racecar driver (and no, NOT NASCAR. OOOOH, they're making a LEFT TURN! OOOH! THEY'RE MAKING ANOTHER LEFT TURN. Amazing stuff...really), but more like an Formula 1 racer or something along those lines. Just not conventional means of work would be great because its more fun and exciting than an office job.
Okay, so the one which I probably think it most within my limits to do is choice #1 because although its conventional, its still not restricted to rules that most companies have to abide by, in my opinion anyway, and it is a more free to do what you want kind of thing.
I would probably start out by opening a bar/club kind of deal, but franchising it out. Or something along the lines of Vital Dent, which a dental office, but with locations throughout the area; but instead of dentists it would be with psychologists and psychiatrists, because I know it is hard to start out with a psychology degree and hoping to look for a job. This way it benefits both psych grads and customers in this way, affordable sessions with those kinds of people and the grads can find a place to intern or start out.
In order to do soemthing like this I am willing to go balls to the walls with it and drop everything else completely to work on it because I would be 100% commited to doing it becasue I really believe in my vision(s).
Anyway my visions that I see for myself in the next few years are:
1. Being an entrepreneur and starting my own business, probably in the service industry.
2. Doing something wildly absurd, but attract the attention of people and become "famous" for no apparent reason and getting paid just to show up to places, because apparently there are very dumb people in the world with money, who are willing to pay for things like that.
3. Become an ASSASSIN or like a NINJA, or something because its cool.
4. Doing something outside the normal means of work, such as becoming a professional racecar driver (and no, NOT NASCAR. OOOOH, they're making a LEFT TURN! OOOH! THEY'RE MAKING ANOTHER LEFT TURN. Amazing stuff...really), but more like an Formula 1 racer or something along those lines. Just not conventional means of work would be great because its more fun and exciting than an office job.
Okay, so the one which I probably think it most within my limits to do is choice #1 because although its conventional, its still not restricted to rules that most companies have to abide by, in my opinion anyway, and it is a more free to do what you want kind of thing.
I would probably start out by opening a bar/club kind of deal, but franchising it out. Or something along the lines of Vital Dent, which a dental office, but with locations throughout the area; but instead of dentists it would be with psychologists and psychiatrists, because I know it is hard to start out with a psychology degree and hoping to look for a job. This way it benefits both psych grads and customers in this way, affordable sessions with those kinds of people and the grads can find a place to intern or start out.
In order to do soemthing like this I am willing to go balls to the walls with it and drop everything else completely to work on it because I would be 100% commited to doing it becasue I really believe in my vision(s).
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Decision Making or Class Conflict?
During one of the most hands-on learning sessions to date, we were given the opportunity to take the reins and give our take on what we, the people, wanted. I thought that this was very clever and that we achieved a lot more than professor kurpis would've liked.
Interestingly enough though, it took the constraint and pressure of time to force the class to come together on what we wanted. I think that the decision making process made by the class was initially messy and was not working as it should have to begin with.
I, myself, took a relaxed approach to the whole thing while just sitting back and watching people argue over pointless little details, and using the avoidance approach allowed me to get my ideas across with some of my classmates. The screaming, the fighting, and the name-calling ( I think ) was very exciting though it didn't do much to furhter things along.
Alternatively, I believe that had everyone's suggestions just be put up on the board like we had initially agreed upon would've led to a faster solution to all conflicts. Instead, the beginning moderator took bias in what he, himself, liked instead of taking the general ideas of the class. I found that to be very disappointing as he was the one who volunteered to go and moderate for the class unbiasedly. In the end though, the class was successful as a whole, thanks to support and agreement between individuals and the adaptability of a new moderator who addressed more individual needs. This experiment was very insightful into the ways of how certain situations should be handled, and how to avoid bias while addressing the needs of everyone.
Interestingly enough though, it took the constraint and pressure of time to force the class to come together on what we wanted. I think that the decision making process made by the class was initially messy and was not working as it should have to begin with.
I, myself, took a relaxed approach to the whole thing while just sitting back and watching people argue over pointless little details, and using the avoidance approach allowed me to get my ideas across with some of my classmates. The screaming, the fighting, and the name-calling ( I think ) was very exciting though it didn't do much to furhter things along.
Alternatively, I believe that had everyone's suggestions just be put up on the board like we had initially agreed upon would've led to a faster solution to all conflicts. Instead, the beginning moderator took bias in what he, himself, liked instead of taking the general ideas of the class. I found that to be very disappointing as he was the one who volunteered to go and moderate for the class unbiasedly. In the end though, the class was successful as a whole, thanks to support and agreement between individuals and the adaptability of a new moderator who addressed more individual needs. This experiment was very insightful into the ways of how certain situations should be handled, and how to avoid bias while addressing the needs of everyone.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Eggs Planning
The whole planning process for the eggs-ercise was pretty unique in that people were just throwing out ideas and shooting them down, or just plain yelling things out and taking lead in certain areas.
During Step 1 of the planning process, we definitely knew that we wanted to protect the egg and we had acknowledged the fact that we were running on a short deadline. Although seemingly long at first, after the first minutes passed, there was a sense of urgency in the air. We had set a goal to make a "crown" for the egg so that it would really protect it on one side, and just a little less on the other. Near the end we also figured that if we added more weight to the heavily protected side, that it would probably land that side first. I don't think we ever went into step 2 because throughout it all our group was never really sure of where we were in terms of our design. Step 3 took the most time for the group because of the constant change and discussion of a better design so as to protect the egg more. A few of us had different ideas of the perfect design in mind, so we just went around and drew how we thought it should be made, and as ideas flowed, some parts were taken up into the final design, while others were discarded. In the end, we wounded up scrapping a lot of the little details we had orginally wanted from everyone else's desgins and instead just wound up with a very basic design with no means of absolute protection at all, that was our step 4. Finally in step 5 of the planning process we were not able to follow through at all what we had planned and instead we just tried to make it so that we were able to actually tape the straws onto the egg. Due to the fact that we had not anticipated how hard it actually was to tape on the straws, we ended up not really following any idea at all and just went with it as we put it together.
So all in all, the final product that came about was definitely not something we had thought to be very good or actually capable of protecting the egg, but because of time constraints there was no way to change it when we neared the final seconds of implementation. Hopefully though after going through with this, next time we are faced with planning something, we will be able to more efficiently use our time and maybe actually stick with the plan in mind.
During Step 1 of the planning process, we definitely knew that we wanted to protect the egg and we had acknowledged the fact that we were running on a short deadline. Although seemingly long at first, after the first minutes passed, there was a sense of urgency in the air. We had set a goal to make a "crown" for the egg so that it would really protect it on one side, and just a little less on the other. Near the end we also figured that if we added more weight to the heavily protected side, that it would probably land that side first. I don't think we ever went into step 2 because throughout it all our group was never really sure of where we were in terms of our design. Step 3 took the most time for the group because of the constant change and discussion of a better design so as to protect the egg more. A few of us had different ideas of the perfect design in mind, so we just went around and drew how we thought it should be made, and as ideas flowed, some parts were taken up into the final design, while others were discarded. In the end, we wounded up scrapping a lot of the little details we had orginally wanted from everyone else's desgins and instead just wound up with a very basic design with no means of absolute protection at all, that was our step 4. Finally in step 5 of the planning process we were not able to follow through at all what we had planned and instead we just tried to make it so that we were able to actually tape the straws onto the egg. Due to the fact that we had not anticipated how hard it actually was to tape on the straws, we ended up not really following any idea at all and just went with it as we put it together.
So all in all, the final product that came about was definitely not something we had thought to be very good or actually capable of protecting the egg, but because of time constraints there was no way to change it when we neared the final seconds of implementation. Hopefully though after going through with this, next time we are faced with planning something, we will be able to more efficiently use our time and maybe actually stick with the plan in mind.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Biggest Management Problem
My biggest management problem that I will face this semester will be time management. My concern is that I may not be able to balance everything that I will try to take on this semester, meaning that I want to be able to fit everything I plan to do and use my time wisely so that I don't miss out or mess up on anything. Along with full time classes, I intend to work and take part in "extracurricular" activities that would essentially take up any and all time I may have. Trying to make time and putting effort into everything is going to use up every ounce of energy I have and therefore would probably make this Spring semester the hardest yet.
Another big time management problem that I will need to deal with is waking up and getting to my morning class, ON TIME. No matter how early I wake up, whether I give myself an extra hour or 20 minutes less, I somehow always manage to get to school late. I just can't seem to figure out just what it is I do that always manages to make me late. My guess is that I sub-consciously sabotage things so that I am never on time. Anyway...
Trying to find the balance between between my family, school, "extracurricular" activities, and work (I hope), is going to be very challenging and is definitely going to take awhile despite how hard I may try. I just hope that I will be able to successfully manage the chaos to come and make it out in one piece.
Another big time management problem that I will need to deal with is waking up and getting to my morning class, ON TIME. No matter how early I wake up, whether I give myself an extra hour or 20 minutes less, I somehow always manage to get to school late. I just can't seem to figure out just what it is I do that always manages to make me late. My guess is that I sub-consciously sabotage things so that I am never on time. Anyway...
Trying to find the balance between between my family, school, "extracurricular" activities, and work (I hope), is going to be very challenging and is definitely going to take awhile despite how hard I may try. I just hope that I will be able to successfully manage the chaos to come and make it out in one piece.
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