Management has been quite an amazing class
From blogging to group work,
I really think I'll pass.
I now know old Huge Heffner is getting rid of every last bunny
I'll never learn time management
You made this class real funny.
Everyone complained that your tests were nothing short of bad
But now that it is over
I'll admit I'm a little sad.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Another blog
Even though I waited until the last moment to write my blog entries, I actually kind of enjoyed doing them. Responding to Cooler Water’s blogs was definitely my favorite part about the assignment because I found the blogs to be extremely interesting. I tend to stay away from the news and newspapers because I usually end up feeling like its not only boring but useless information to boot. Cooler Water’s blogs were quite informative and got me thinking about topics that were interesting and not in my usual realm of topics to discuss.
I always like hearing the sound of my own voice or rereading my own words so SOME of the blog topics I enjoyed writing about..others not so much. I felt like some of the assignments were discussed in class and it was a repetitive waste of my time to go home and blog about it. I found responding to others blogs was more of a nuisance than something that I enjoyed doing. I had to read way too many blogs of people whom I have no interest in learning anything about. I don’t want to read my friends blogs let alone someone else..harsh truth?
I definitely did not consider how my test anxieties could be offset by the blogging assignments. I honestly never felt the tests were as hard as everyone made them out to be. On top of that we have an open book final, making me even less nervous about my testing grade.
I’m honestly not a big writer, I’m actually a terrible one if anything. If I could record my life/thoughts just by talking, I would absolutely be there. If I was a more eloquent person I probably would enjoy blogging about my thoughts and life..I can be a pretty animated person. Presently, I do not have the talent to do so =)
I always like hearing the sound of my own voice or rereading my own words so SOME of the blog topics I enjoyed writing about..others not so much. I felt like some of the assignments were discussed in class and it was a repetitive waste of my time to go home and blog about it. I found responding to others blogs was more of a nuisance than something that I enjoyed doing. I had to read way too many blogs of people whom I have no interest in learning anything about. I don’t want to read my friends blogs let alone someone else..harsh truth?
I definitely did not consider how my test anxieties could be offset by the blogging assignments. I honestly never felt the tests were as hard as everyone made them out to be. On top of that we have an open book final, making me even less nervous about my testing grade.
I’m honestly not a big writer, I’m actually a terrible one if anything. If I could record my life/thoughts just by talking, I would absolutely be there. If I was a more eloquent person I probably would enjoy blogging about my thoughts and life..I can be a pretty animated person. Presently, I do not have the talent to do so =)
I is for ?
After taking the leadership/management diagnostic test I was said to have an “I” management orientation with a “D” secondary.
“Influence: People with High "I" scores influence others through talking and activity and tend to be emotional. They are described as convincing, magnetic, political, enthusiastic, persuasive, warm, demonstrative, trusting, and optimistic. Those with Low "I" scores influence more by data and facts, and not with feelings. They are described as reflective, factual, calculating, skeptical, logical, suspicious, matter of fact, pessimistic, and critical.”
I’m never a fan of general personality tests because I always believe them to be too ambiguous and I usually feel that I can relate to any personality type at some instance or moment in my life. I do, however, feel like this tests describes me pretty accurately. I am not an extremely dominant person, I am very compassionate and care about others immensely. I do however feel that I am more outgoing and influential than most and use my personality hand in hand with my leadership skills.
Like every test, no results are ironclad but I do believe that all the results have some foundation and truth to their results. Look at the class results, you did see the more participative students being categorized as D or I personalities and the less talkative personalities having S or C types.
If I had to pick a personality type to be stranded with I think I would have to pick an “I” personality. I believe I would butt heads with a D personality, I never like being told what to do or how to do it. I much prefer logical reasoning and discussions with someone of a similar personality to see if we could come up with the most logical solution to the problem at hand.
“Influence: People with High "I" scores influence others through talking and activity and tend to be emotional. They are described as convincing, magnetic, political, enthusiastic, persuasive, warm, demonstrative, trusting, and optimistic. Those with Low "I" scores influence more by data and facts, and not with feelings. They are described as reflective, factual, calculating, skeptical, logical, suspicious, matter of fact, pessimistic, and critical.”
I’m never a fan of general personality tests because I always believe them to be too ambiguous and I usually feel that I can relate to any personality type at some instance or moment in my life. I do, however, feel like this tests describes me pretty accurately. I am not an extremely dominant person, I am very compassionate and care about others immensely. I do however feel that I am more outgoing and influential than most and use my personality hand in hand with my leadership skills.
Like every test, no results are ironclad but I do believe that all the results have some foundation and truth to their results. Look at the class results, you did see the more participative students being categorized as D or I personalities and the less talkative personalities having S or C types.
If I had to pick a personality type to be stranded with I think I would have to pick an “I” personality. I believe I would butt heads with a D personality, I never like being told what to do or how to do it. I much prefer logical reasoning and discussions with someone of a similar personality to see if we could come up with the most logical solution to the problem at hand.
Dream Realistic?
For quite a while now, I’ve had a picture in my head about what my life would be like in the future. The future consistently being ten years for me. When I was 18 I dreamed of this future I will tell you about happening by 28, now 21 I hope the same future will happen by the time I’m 31.
Money is a monster. A monster we all need to survive. I am not a big spender but of course I love having money, who doesn’t. And I understand just how much of a necessity money is. It ruins marriages, is a cause of stress for ever person I know, and is needed for daily survival. Everyone knows these things but I believe I truly UNDERSTAND this fact to a point where I have been saving for my future self for quite a while now.
By the time I hit 31 I hope to be teaching in the public school system a pension just a decade and some away, definitely a dream not being in a school that offers education as a major. I also hope to own a home, not because of my husband – another dream of mine. But own a home because I have been saving and working hard for so many years. And lastly, as I just mentioned, be married. We all know the divorce rate is 51% and constantly on the rise, scaring the hell out of me, and making me feel like this is the dream that may be the most unrealistic. Our generation is a thing of its own where dating and living together are common occurrences, successful marriages…not so much. Divorce scares the bajeezes out of me and the idea that I will find that one person who will be happy with ME and only me forever seems farther and farther out of reach. I know I’m still young but it’s a reality everyone is facing. Less and less men (and women) believe in marriage at all anymore, so where does that leave my chances of this dream? I suppose if I’m not married by this time I will hopefully have my dream job and house allowing me to travel, and who wouldn’t love just that?
Money is a monster. A monster we all need to survive. I am not a big spender but of course I love having money, who doesn’t. And I understand just how much of a necessity money is. It ruins marriages, is a cause of stress for ever person I know, and is needed for daily survival. Everyone knows these things but I believe I truly UNDERSTAND this fact to a point where I have been saving for my future self for quite a while now.
By the time I hit 31 I hope to be teaching in the public school system a pension just a decade and some away, definitely a dream not being in a school that offers education as a major. I also hope to own a home, not because of my husband – another dream of mine. But own a home because I have been saving and working hard for so many years. And lastly, as I just mentioned, be married. We all know the divorce rate is 51% and constantly on the rise, scaring the hell out of me, and making me feel like this is the dream that may be the most unrealistic. Our generation is a thing of its own where dating and living together are common occurrences, successful marriages…not so much. Divorce scares the bajeezes out of me and the idea that I will find that one person who will be happy with ME and only me forever seems farther and farther out of reach. I know I’m still young but it’s a reality everyone is facing. Less and less men (and women) believe in marriage at all anymore, so where does that leave my chances of this dream? I suppose if I’m not married by this time I will hopefully have my dream job and house allowing me to travel, and who wouldn’t love just that?
Life’s About Compromise
I’ve never been the type of person to just sit back and let other people take the reigns on an issue, especially if it was something that could in the end have a direct result on me or something I care about. When this discussion was going on it was definitely more of an argument between a few select people rather than a discussion being held by the class as a whole. I hoped that people would present their ideas and then other members of the class would respectfully agree or disagree. This did not happen. There were a few people who were absolutely for or against certain ideas and were so dominant that the majority of the class held their tongues and didn’t bother agreeing or disagreeing when such persons were speaking their mind.
I remember presenting a few ideas and immediately asking for feedback because of course I wanted things a certain way, but if the majority of students disagreed I would certainly put my idea to rest.
The gentlemen who went to the front of the class in charge did not do such a good job at controlling everyone and understanding what people were saying. He should have taken a minute to figure out how he was going to sort out and record all the ideas being mentioned prior to diving right in. Understandably, the second time around, it’s easier for someone to get up their afterwards having learned from his mistakes. But the errors that the first leader was making, I thought, were pretty ridiculous. In the end people agreed on what would be most beneficial for themselves and the class as a whole but it was, no doubt, a chaotic process that could have used some leadership and control.
I remember presenting a few ideas and immediately asking for feedback because of course I wanted things a certain way, but if the majority of students disagreed I would certainly put my idea to rest.
The gentlemen who went to the front of the class in charge did not do such a good job at controlling everyone and understanding what people were saying. He should have taken a minute to figure out how he was going to sort out and record all the ideas being mentioned prior to diving right in. Understandably, the second time around, it’s easier for someone to get up their afterwards having learned from his mistakes. But the errors that the first leader was making, I thought, were pretty ridiculous. In the end people agreed on what would be most beneficial for themselves and the class as a whole but it was, no doubt, a chaotic process that could have used some leadership and control.
Humpty Dumpty….Was Dropped From Eight Feet Into a Bucket
My group was extremely close to making an effective “egg protector” unfortunately we were unable to cover every single side of the egg and a small piece chipped disqualifying us from the competition.
My group was a little unorganized, I think there were too many dominant personalities in my group. If one of us didn’t like the other’s idea it turned into a bigger argument than it probably should have been.
I believe my group started the project off entirely wrong. One person just shouted out an idea and we kind of went from there. Each person should have drawn up their own design and then we should have had a brief discussion comparing, contrasting, and combining ideas.
Time was extremely limited and after some people began arguing against the only mentioned plan we finally took time to stop and decide as a whole what we all thought was best.
We did do a thorough check of the tools we could use and were very thorough with the details of our task. Making sure the shortest girl would drop the egg, trying to think about impact to the egg versus the materials being used.
There was a definite lack of management, no single person leading the group, and that is where I think we failed.
I think the end result was just as we expected. We were very close to passing the drop test but I don’t think any of us were fully confident our design was foolproof. The lack of planning definitely has me prepared for tasks to come.
My group was a little unorganized, I think there were too many dominant personalities in my group. If one of us didn’t like the other’s idea it turned into a bigger argument than it probably should have been.
I believe my group started the project off entirely wrong. One person just shouted out an idea and we kind of went from there. Each person should have drawn up their own design and then we should have had a brief discussion comparing, contrasting, and combining ideas.
Time was extremely limited and after some people began arguing against the only mentioned plan we finally took time to stop and decide as a whole what we all thought was best.
We did do a thorough check of the tools we could use and were very thorough with the details of our task. Making sure the shortest girl would drop the egg, trying to think about impact to the egg versus the materials being used.
There was a definite lack of management, no single person leading the group, and that is where I think we failed.
I think the end result was just as we expected. We were very close to passing the drop test but I don’t think any of us were fully confident our design was foolproof. The lack of planning definitely has me prepared for tasks to come.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I just may MANAGE to kill my brother
The biggest management problem I am currently facing is at home and involves my younger brother. My two brothers and I have been living on our own since about October and it has been a rough couple of months. My younger brother has no regard for other people’s living space. He decided he’d rather live in the communal livingroom instead of his bedroom and takes up the one room that has all of the houses amenities. Saying he is a pig is definitely an understatement. He refuses to contribute in any way to the household and I feel like I’ve become the mother of a teenager going through puberty. Getting him to work together with the rest of his family is the general management issue I am facing and I really see no solution in sight. My father used to try bossing him around and that never worked, so my attempt to politely beg him for a small favor in return for all the things I do for him has also failed to get through to him. I’m out of options and out of luck. I have unfortunately surrendered and spend all my time in my room with my laptop.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
"Live a life of no regrets"
If we're being honest here, I completely regret going to Baruch for college. Now, that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the commitment that all the students and teachers have for learning here, it is pretty wonderful. I don't think any other school has students or faculty who are as committed as all the students and professors bustling and hustling to Baruch every day. Baruch gives you all the tools to succeed, intellectually, in the "real world." But is that all you need? I don't think so. I really believe a school where students learn to socialize and enjoy their youth makes for happier and more equipped workers come graduation. My long commute, antisocial peers, and extremely demanding professors have made my college experience one that I know I will look back on with slightly bitter memories. When friends in other colleges were networking and celebrating the completion of a final, I am on the train going home, worried and emotionally drained. Baruch is the third best accounting institution in the metro area but is textbook knowledge all a college student really needs? I don't think so, I believe that is really all Baruch has to offer students making me deem my college decision one that is overlaid with regret.
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