Management poetry !!!

Everything about management is exciting and interesting,
Especially when professor Kurpis is teaching.
And I’m not just saying this to get an A,
Although, professor, please remember I need a good GPA.
I learned all about the management process,
And how to apply it to my future success.
Beginning with planning, to set my direction,
Then controlling process of measuring performance and taking action.
Organizing is also important to reach the objective,
All assisted my a good leader who can put things in perspective.

Blogs.. blah blah blah ...

This is the first time I had to create a blog for class. I made many “journals” and had discussion boards, but this was different and a little interesting.
First, it was nice to see what other students thought and wrote about, especially since the class is so large that it’s hard to get everyone’s opinion during sessions. The only problem with this is that I wasn’t sure if I’m writing to the professor or to the students since the content was being graded. I saw a lot of variations from class members in this too. Some people wrote as if they were chatting on aim with their buddies, others wrote out structured essays. When responding to the entries you also look for the shorter, easier to read one, because lets face it, this is not our only class or something we want to spend hours on. Other then this, I think it was an interesting way to interact with class members. I also noticed most of the comments were about encouragement and advice, so even if it was written just fulfill an assignment it was still nice to get that from your peers.
Second thing about the blog is that it made us reflect on what we did in class. The class itself has been an experience all on its own. It was wonderful to have demonstrations and class activities, but I feel like most of what we needed to learn was done at home with the text book and with the reflections in this blog. So I do support the blog in that it helped us understand what we did, and why we did it, but I believe that the understanding should have been done in class and examples and demonstrations of how we experienced these things could have been left up to the blog for more effective learning.
The blog defiantly provided outside reading and different ways to understand things in management. The professors entries were interesting but I wish he would of gave us more feed back to our blogs, let us know what he thinks of our work, not just what we think of his. Also about outside material, It would have been nice to have a one or two open-end blog requirements just to get a feel of what topics interest the class.
As far as the blog being 20% of our grade, I feel like that’s great, but I’m a little unsure if the minimum requirement will give you 20% or we have to go above and beyond to get it. I always love when the class isn’t only graded on exams, because there is so much more to education then just answering questions correctly, which in my case go in one ear and out the other the second the exam ends.
As far as continuing to blog, even though I’m a very outgoing person, but I am also very private about my personal thoughts and ideas. I don’t feel the need write them out for the whole world to see. If someone wants my opinion or to know something that I can share with them I welcome anyone to contact me, but as far as blogging, I’m just not the type of person, but who knows maybe after the class I’ll miss it.

D..I..sc

First I would like to share my experience of taking the DISC test. I answered honestly, though if it were a job interview or performance review for anything that mattered I would have lied through my teeth. I admitted to having so many unkind, unfriendly attributes that I thought it would be a wonder if anyone who saw the results would even talk to me.
With all my honest answers I ended being a high D (dominance) and a small I (influence), which is the best score to get if you want to be a leader, so surprise for me. I honestly don’t see my self being anything near conscientious or steady in a group environment, although it is something I am working very hard at, especially around people I don’t know. I am very strong willed, determined and demanding, especially when if comes to school and work, so the test did describe me accurately.
Personally I never thought these were beneficial qualities for a person to have (especially if you ask my mother), but I guess when it comes to leading a group of people you have to be. When I think of a great leader I don’t think of a kind old man hugging children, I personally see more of a tyrant, someone very forceful, aggressive and strong willed, all the characteristics of a D, like Stalin, Castro, and Hitler. Although I don’t agree with what they did, they had a strong following and millions under their control.
Perhaps my good qualities lay in the small I. It says it is trusting, enthusiastic, persuasive and optimistic. If I am in a good mood I feel like these are my dominating qualities, but between college and a full time job these moods can be rare.
I’m not sure how effective this test in a working environment. First I know people act differently at work then they do in a casual situation. I rarely act like myself around my boss. I am usually quiet, agreeable and organized, all the thing I must have for my particular job. So clearly, even with the strongest personality, you alter it for work. I guess this means I ave strong self monitoring skills, which means I am able to adjust my behavior in responce to external factors.
Same can be said about people’s type or personality, we all have a strong core personality but we bend it for people that we are around. Generally it would be helpful to have a DISC profile about every person we meet so we know what we are getting into, but then where would the fun of finding out be. And I believe people can’t change their personality but they can adjust to the situation to bring out the characteristics they already have.