Success and Failure
Ambition and opportunity
Who is to judge the style of your management?
A society geared by power and money
Is this the only criteria for a successful manager?
Just pick up the WSJ and imagine it for a second
Delegating the duties and having the corner office
Brooks Brothers and a Maserati
2 Hour corporate lunches
Or how about giving back to the community?
Charity and giving is better than receiving
Maybe a manager is more than the title itself
Everyone's a manager but may not know it
How about reversing that power of top level management?
Appreciate your workers and see the difference in output
Maybe you won't even need a bailout
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
What's the deal with blogging
Throughout this semester, we have used blogger to express our views of different management tools and exercises. It is not the first class for which I had to blog about my personal thoughts. Usually, professors just use the basic blackboard blogs, but setting up your own blog is definitely more entertaining. For one, you can customize your own blog with different layouts that help make one's blog distinguished from others.
I definitely feel as if the blogs helped to communicate better with our classmates. Every day that goes by it seems as though time is really becoming a commodity, especially at a commuter college like Baruch. The social life here is quite restricted, since students are either coming to/leaving class, going/coming from work, or going/coming from home. Everyone is really on their own schedule, so blogging allows us to read about our peers, who we may not otherwise ever get to know. Thus, it was definitely a benefit to learn about others, especially since the class has so many students.
Also, it is definitely a grade booster. Exams are definitely a huge part of the overall grade, but 20% being contributed to blogs is great. I honestly think we had enough time for each blog entry, as well as our comments to others.
In addition, having many classes throughout the week, we sometimes forget what exactly we did in class. The blog helps us to remember our in class activities and current topic of study.
I really think the blog portion of the grade should be kept the same. It will definitely benefit students who take time management seriously, which is something that is vital especially in the current day.
I definitely feel as if the blogs helped to communicate better with our classmates. Every day that goes by it seems as though time is really becoming a commodity, especially at a commuter college like Baruch. The social life here is quite restricted, since students are either coming to/leaving class, going/coming from work, or going/coming from home. Everyone is really on their own schedule, so blogging allows us to read about our peers, who we may not otherwise ever get to know. Thus, it was definitely a benefit to learn about others, especially since the class has so many students.
Also, it is definitely a grade booster. Exams are definitely a huge part of the overall grade, but 20% being contributed to blogs is great. I honestly think we had enough time for each blog entry, as well as our comments to others.
In addition, having many classes throughout the week, we sometimes forget what exactly we did in class. The blog helps us to remember our in class activities and current topic of study.
I really think the blog portion of the grade should be kept the same. It will definitely benefit students who take time management seriously, which is something that is vital especially in the current day.
DISC=CONSCIENTIOUS
So after our interesting experiment about our personality, I was diagnosed to fall under the C category of conscientious. I honestly believe, after reading the actual description of the word, the test nailed it.
I remembered that when I was in elementary school, we would receive in-depth report cards every quarter. Our teacher would write a good paragraph about their idea of our behavior and scholastic work ethic. I would always get the word of conscientious throughout elementary school. "Student possesses strong eagerness and high understanding of the course work, and is conscientious toward peers." (pretty much all my teacher k-5)
I do believe that it is crucial to learn the personalities of people around you. Whether it be your co-workers or fellow students, it is pretty much vital to know their management styles and where they are coming from. For instance, if I look at a previous employer and their style of management, I could definitely see what category they would fall under. Most tend to be dominant and usually want to have the control in their hands directly. I am perfectly fine with being the "C" type, but wouldn't mind D either. I think that some type of combination of both is highly desirable. You can be great to your peers/coworkers, while still handling the major duties that only a manager can do. Indeed, everyone has their own personality and style of management, and one should definitely get to see their personal diagnosis.
I remembered that when I was in elementary school, we would receive in-depth report cards every quarter. Our teacher would write a good paragraph about their idea of our behavior and scholastic work ethic. I would always get the word of conscientious throughout elementary school. "Student possesses strong eagerness and high understanding of the course work, and is conscientious toward peers." (pretty much all my teacher k-5)
I do believe that it is crucial to learn the personalities of people around you. Whether it be your co-workers or fellow students, it is pretty much vital to know their management styles and where they are coming from. For instance, if I look at a previous employer and their style of management, I could definitely see what category they would fall under. Most tend to be dominant and usually want to have the control in their hands directly. I am perfectly fine with being the "C" type, but wouldn't mind D either. I think that some type of combination of both is highly desirable. You can be great to your peers/coworkers, while still handling the major duties that only a manager can do. Indeed, everyone has their own personality and style of management, and one should definitely get to see their personal diagnosis.
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