Managerial thoughts

My acrostic poem to Professor Kurpis Management class:

Management- It was the class intended to provide the necessary concepts, tools and techniques involved in the decision- making process.

Always- The management process always starts with identifying goals and objectives you hope to achieve.

Necessity- By translating and applying what we’ve learned on class, it is a necessity to achieve what we want to become after graduation.

Apply- We need to apply the basic managerial topics learned since the beginning of the course, to improve our grade in each assignment or topics during the tests.

Get- By implementing a blogging assignment Professor Kurpis got people together to exchange ideas and opinions that will contribute with our overall formation in life.

Examples- All the examples Prof. Kurpis provided are a huge contribution to the description of the subject in topic.

Motivation- The class is all about the motivation we showcase on everything we do to reach our goals.

Effort- It is also about the effort we put onto our goals, for them to become true.

Need- As management students, we need to know how to develop leadership skills to boost our chances of getting a job and become real managers.

Thanks- Thank you Professor Kurpis, for being such a positive inspiration towards our “Vision” for the future.

A positive feedback

Blogging provides a way to learn and share positive and negative opinions between each other. I always say that by listening and disagreeing with different people, we actually get a better reality of the world outside school and/or work.

I was able to interact with people by exchanging believes about different management topics. I found the entire blogging process a big benefit for the communication between classmates and teacher. I am kind of shy and by being forced to reply to other classmates blogs (at the beginning) I made more than just academic contacts. I met new friends.

The blog definitely made me think and go back about my perception in regards to the peculiar activities developed in or outside class. Prof. K introduced a fun and creative way to incorporate MGT topics to real-life activities we constantly face at work or at home. I can say now that I have a different perception of what management is.
I found some of the Prof.’s blog entries interesting. I liked the one related to the Presidential cabinet. Meanwhile other entries I just found them very unattractive to read. There were not that many, but enough to discuss.

The 20% control of our grades was a big plus. I think it was a great idea from Prof. K to give us the chance to control a part of our grade. I would say perhaps, 30% would have been better than just 20. I found the activity challenging because of the time restraints but also interesting and fun because of the topics discussed.

After our MGT class is over, I don’t think I will be posting as many entries as I currently do. As you can see on my blog, I love to put pictures and thoughts related to my family. I probably would place opinions about school related topics, but I don’t think they would be as many as I have right now. I would keep in touch with the few people I actually met in class; that is for sure; but not with everybody.

The blog should continue to be a component of the class, but with a higher percentage to be controlled by the students.