Archives for the Month of December 2005 on Aeu Mihara's Online Journal
Being successful
As I was writing the learning plan paper, I noticed that I repeat the word “success”. I questioned myself what is “success”. Because I notice the nuance of word I used in the paper was to be rich or financially secure. I found that it is sad to see myself thinking success is money. As I was growing up, I never wanted to be a money monster like other adults. Now I am turning into one. After my realization, I decided to myself be aware of the fact that money is not success. Therefore, the leaning plan reminded me another important thing.
internship
I am trying to find a summer internship in Tokyo. I realized internships are not common in Japan. There are a lot of temporary part-time jobs offered in Japan; however, it is hard to define what an internship is and what is not. I thought it was interesting to see different countries have different business systems. In addition, I was thinking why Japan does not have internship opportunities especially in a big city like Tokyo. I think it is because there are so many part-time jobs available, so students will rather have a job which pays than have an internship. If I start a business, I will definitely offer internships in my company.
team
The last day of MGMT 250, the professor gave students to talk about the high points and someone they want to recognize. I thought it was interesting to see many of them recognized their team leaders for HR simulation were the ones did well on their projects and had a good relationship in the teams. Thinking back about my team, no one recognized our group leader and we did not have a great relationship either. I just thought the outcome of the team is related to the relationship of the team. I hope I will have a better relationship with my teammates next semester.
learning plan part II
When I first started to write the learning plan part I, I really didn’t think the assignment was useful at all. Moreover, I thought it was a waste of my time because it was long!! Then I start to write for the part II. Surprising I actually enjoyed writing and thinking. Although, some of the criteria were too specific to write about, I think it motivated me to start thinking about my future. I think a part of the reason I thought it was helpful because I personally have been thinking about the future. Therefore, it was a good reflection to write it down to remind myself.
Business major as an undergrad
Recently I had a chance to talk to a graduate student about business major. He worked for a company for a couple of years and the company sent him to study for his master degree. I told him that I am not sure if I want to be business major. He responded to me saying, “It’s hard to be business major if you never had any job experiences.” Something cricked after this conversation. I felt that if I had job experiences, I would have felt more comfortable with the material we discussed in MGMT 250. Now I see the course in different perspective after the conversation with the grad-student. As a result, I enjoy the class more because I know that I have to fully understand everything in the class.