poem timeeeeeeee

I will be a manager;

I know, a manager has many responsibilities,

And must maintain many different relationships;

Yet, this challenging and evolving profession

Called management is what I hope will become my career;

A manager, with a positive vision, I want to be;

A manager,

I will become.

But as of now, I am going to stick to managing this class and others to come.

Blog Communication

At first, I was kind of feeling iffy about this whole blog thing. I had never done it before and I thought it was something not useful. Lol I think what played into my prejudice was the fact that I never really looked favorably upon blogs. I know that blogging is becoming a huge force on the internet but for some reason, I was not really interested in it. Even though facebook and myspace became big things, I was never really into blogs, I don’t know why. (suffice it to say, I did have a myspace which now I don’t use since I upgraded to facebook haha)

However, I am not going to be hating on blogging. In the context of this class, it was certainly a unique experience to learn more about the subject matter. Since we were assigned to do blogs, it actually made me think and analyze what I did during the class activity which did drill the point home about what we learned in class. So, as a studying tool, it has been useful. It was also a cool way to learn. It also was beneficial how we could talk to other students from class about the activities which generated an exchange of ideas and also let you kind of break the ice with other people in class whom you never really talked to before. For people like me, who are shy, it was definitely a great tool to interact with other students and get to know more about them.

One of the best things about the blog is that it is 20% of our grade. I think that is very generous and very helpful. Students do not need to stress out so much about the tests that we have since if you unfortunately do bad, than there are other opportunities to improve your grade, mainly the blog and the plethora of extra credits that we have been getting all semester. So that said, I think this blog should be included as a component of this class. Its an helpful and easy assignment for students for their own benefit: grade-wise and learning-wise. However, after this class is over, I would not continue this blog, honestly speaking. And that is because to my “prejudice” against blogs that I previously mentioned. Don’t get me wrong, I think blogs have really helped me through this class and I think they are a wonderful addition to the class, but I am just not really into it. I guess everyone has their own feelings and attitudes towards things.

The ABCs of DISC

After taking the diagnostic, I found out that I am an S-C, which stands for Steadiness and Conscientiousness. Steadiness means Emphasis is on cooperating with others to carry out the task while in Conscientiousness the emphasis is on working conscientiously within existing circumstances to ensure quality and accuracy. After reading the detailed description of both these categories, I feel that this test has gauged me correctly. I have taken a similar test before, it was the four colors test or something like that which tells you what color you are. I do not exactly the colors I was (but I think it was golden and yellow or something) but they basically said the same thing as this test revealed, so I am glad that the two test results correlated each other.

As the category indicates, some of my tendencies definitely are showing loyalty, desiring to help others, being a good listener, and creating a stable, harmonious environment, not just at work but also in my personal life. I think its amazing how a simple test like this which asks random, yet related questions, and can show you what your personality is.

Now, even though I am an S-C and I am content to be like this, I would have like to either be Dominant or Influence. Maybe that’s because I know what I lack (I am kind of like an introvert) and I really want to improve that. Like Professor Kurpis, who is a C I think. When he told us that, I was surprised because I thought that since he is a professor, he would have to be a D-I or something since he is always in front of people and talking and has to be an extrovert and stuff. But, after finding that out, I think it is definitely possible for someone to be different than what the test entails. I think one of the greatest thing about humans is that your never restricted. We can do whatever we feel like doing and trying to put yourself out there in an attempt to be a D or an I is not exactly impossible.

But, this test is definitely an eye opener for everyone. It would really help if you know how everyone did on this test and where they stand. Especially from a Management perspective. If managers knew the “type” of employees they have, than they can adjust their behavior and their motivation styles to correctly encourage the employee. This would certainly state that the manager is doing a good job at his managerial position and can understand the needs and wants of his employees or team. After all, that is what a manager is principally tasked to do: to manage his team in such a way that they always succeed, to foster a good environment by playing on everyone’s strengths where the team as a whole can succeed.

Also, a test like this will also help in your personal life. If you know how all of your friends rate on this test, than you might have a better idea of them. Even though, it would kind of beat the whole point of getting to know a person. For example, I know how my close friends would rate on this test, without even making them take it. That is because I have known them for a while and interacted with them a lot so I know how they are and how they think. If we apply this test in our personal lives, than it would take away the whole point of getting to know a person, as I mentioned before. It makes more sense from a professional view but I would not like to implement it in my personal life, unless it is something really important, like MAYBE your significant other or something like that.