December 10, 2005
Looking forward to MGMT 251
I really like the fact that during MGMT 250 we can actually practice what we have learned during class through the HR Simulation. Even though it is only a program and the decision may vary in the real world, it still helps me to understand more about a company. Since I learn better through actually practicing, I found it extremely helpful for me to understand the duties and works the human recourses department has and what is the proper way to solve a problem.
I do not really know what are we going learn in MGMT 251, but I hope that this class will have something that I can practice just like the HR Simulation. I also hope that the grading system will be a bit better and less confusing in MGMT 251.
HR Simulation improvement suggestion
As I was writing the peer evaluation for my teammate on Wednesday, I found out that there is a place for us to improve the peer evaluation. Since there were only eight quarters for our HR Simulation, I think that it will be better if the peer evaluation can be done more frequently.
Currently, we only have two peer evaluations one is in the middle and another one is toward the end of the HR Simulation period. I think it will be better if there are actually four times, once every two quarter, for us to do the peer evaluation. The reason is that with the current system, each member will only be infirmed with their performance once through out the semester. Why so? It is because the no one will be able to know their performance after everyone is done for their last peer evaluation. If peer evaluation is being done every once two week, each member will be informed with the places where they need to work on a timely basis. And since the HR Simulation is only a shot time activity, they will still have changes to improve each time when they receive the evaluation.
It is also important to require each team to sit down and talk about their evaluations. This will help each individual to understand the reason why they need to improve in different places. Asides from throwing a problem and let each of individuals to improve by their own, it will be great if the team can provide methods and suggestions for each members to try and improve.
December 09, 2005
Advice for working in a team
For our HR simulation final report, I was given the job to write about what’s we’ve learn as a team through out HR simulation group. While I was writing it, I found out that some problems were targeted promptly and efficiently, while others could have been addressed earlier or prevented altogether. Therefore I decided to combine all of the problems that we’ve been through and post it on my blog and hope that this entry will help those who have not gone through such an experience.
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December 08, 2005
Last Day of Class
During our last class, we talked about what was the most helpful part about this class and who are the people I want to recognize. Even though I only addressed mock interview and HR Simulation, there are a lot more activities that were very helpful. Learning plan and all of the exercise for example helped me a lot in understanding myself and figuring out what I like and want in my life. I found out that maybe being a owner might not be the best job for me due to the face that I dislike risks. I also found out that hotel manager maybe something that I can consider as my future job. Asides from finding out the potential job I can take, I also realize how little time I have to prepare for my career. By writing out learning plan II, I actually planned out what I am going to do and achieve before graduating. These really helps me to forces myself to make my action plan to actions. I hope that by May of 2008, I will actually be fully prepare with the career I want and stand out from other applicants who also desire the same job as I do.
Tom Mendola's Case
For the Case on Tuesday, we discuss about whether we should fired ¬¬¬¬Tom Mendola. I personally believe that he should be fried due to his misbehavior and not welling to improve after several warnings. At the beginning it was really hard for me to come up with reasons to keep this young man besides his family condition and his family really needs help. However, this reason was not able to convince me to keep him in real world. After the group discussion, I was able to see this problem from a different angle. It is very interesting to hear Shawn’s idea of rotating the job and think about this problem deeply from the employee’s shoe. In stead of push all the responsibility to the worker and want them to improve, the company is being more humanize and generous by trying to understand that it is a boring job and trying to make this job less boring through rotating the job. This rotating job may cause a bit more work for the company, but this will be able to show their employee how much the company cares about them. According what we have learned through the HR simulation, this will be able to increase the moral within the company. By making the job less boring, the company will also be able to reduce the accident rate and hopefully improve the productivity. This class not only teaches me what I can do when such a situation happened, but also shows me how important it is to think outside of the box.
November 06, 2005
Learning Planing
Few days ago, I received my comment toward Learning Plane from Meredith. Even though I have not received my grading distribution so far, I can tell that Meredith has give in a lot toward correcting my learning plane. She went through my Learning Plane very carefully and leaves comment for me in detail along with several examples. I think those comment is going to be very helpful for my second part of the Learning Plane. And I really appreciate Meredith’s effort.
November 04, 2005
Training Methods
The group competition we had during class was a really good way to receive different ideas from different people. Each group was able to pool their ideas, creativity, and knowledge toward training new employees. Through each group’s presentations, I found out some interesting ice breakers such as having a dancing or alcoholic party. I personally thought that having an alcoholic party is not an idea that everyone will like, but the results showed that most of the people thought it was a good idea. After class, I thought about why my perceptions are so different from others’, and I realized that cultural differences may be the reason. I think culture is also something that we should consider in the future because there are chances that we are going to work with a vast spectrum of people. I also noticed that many of the groups had great ideas, but they did not consider how practical the ideas were. For instance, hiring a star to open each day is a good idea, however, the costs of that will be huge. So in the end, I learned that being aware of cultural differences within the company and considering practicality are important elements of a successful businessperson.