Mangement Poem

For this assignment we have to write a poem about management. So for this assignment I decided to write a Haiku which is a poem that consists of 3 lines; the first having 5 syllables, the 2nd 7, and the third 5.

Management
Management is fun
Management is for everyone
I love management

Blogging away!

I think the blogger was a very effective communication tool for the class. Usually for classes in Baruch people don't really communicate much, I for instance usually just talk to the people that sit around me and that's it. The blog however proves a new interesting way of communication means that provides extra value to the class. Not everyone is open and not everyone speaks up in class so this allows a way for everyone to share there thoughts and opinions. I feel this was very beneficial to meet others online because this might have helped in the group work for everyone to become more open because we all have a sense or sort of knowing each other through blogs. The blog was also effective for me to share perceptions of what we did in class. It made me think about what we did and how it relates to management. The professors questions were helpful because it let us take our minds off of management for a bit. The blog was also helpful because basically it was a easy 20% of the grade all I had to do were just to type my entries on time. Back I the my high school days I had a similar blog which was on a website called Xanga.com where post my thoughts about everything. Doing this blog brought me back to those days which were fun. As for continuing to do this...hmmm..maybe.

Mickey-D's well done fries, and burger with 4 pickles

Going to McDonalds to make “special orders” is unsual and I thought that my request for four pickles on a hamburger and no salt on my French fries would cause chaos among the workers since I decided to go to a McDonalds that has very slow service and people who make you think “now this is why your working at McDonalds.” However, when I ordered my special request, surprisingly I got it with no problem at all.

I ordered my hamburger with the four pickles and I made sure to tell him that there must to be four pickles. No more, no less. The fries with no salt was easy to get; the person who took my order immediately turned around to the person who was standing by the French fry fryer to make a new batch of fries with no salt and he told me that it would be three minutes. In total, it took two people to complete my entire order and a little less than four minutes to receive it. Surprisingly, I didn’t get any weird looks when I asked for four pickles and nor did I see any one who wanted to spit in my food. It seemed as if my order was very common! Apparently it wasn’t the first time they have had this request because I received my order in a timely manner and accurately. The guy taking my order just said to the lady in the back “4 pickles.” For my fries, they took a little bit longer to make, the guy had to pull out a new batch and after a few minutes my order was ready. Four pickles on my delicate hamburger and no salt on my bland French fries.

The hardest part of writing the management process that I experienced was the fact that there didn’t seem to be any. The McDonalds I went to is located in the heart of Chinatown and is known to be extremely slow with horrible service. I guess enough people complained because I was dreading to go to this McDonalds but had a good exprience experience. It was a routine order that was a easy to place. Overall I was satisfied and would give them a nine out of ten for service. The only problem I ran into was trying to get a receipt. I only saw two pickles on the receipt the guy responded by saying that he can’t physically type in four pickles but he can put extra pickles and his reasoning behind this was that since there are by default two pickles on each burger, extra pickles would mean two more to add up to four. After trying several times the guy taking my order asked his co-worker who then helped him print me a receipt. So considering that I would recommend they would make for special orders is to make their “keyboard” more equipped to type in an exact number of what people want and be able to print out a receipt easier.

DISC Assesment

In class we conducted a leadership/management diagnostic is which we were given words and we would choose the ones that best and worst describe us. My result was (I) Infuence with a high (D) drive. I think the test accurately described my management orientation because after seeing the traits the D's, I's, S's and C's possess. I would say I and D are the 2 that most closely resemble my character. Some examples of traits that I have that I's possesss are enthusiastic omptimistic and talkative. Leaders of the (I) type are good at encouraging, motivating and have a sense of humor. I think this is the way I would manage as well. I don't wish I was another type because D and I define who I am and I wouldn't want to change that. I think people can go from one type to another as they get older and experience more in life. It would be helpful to determine peoples management type to better understand where they are coming from so you have a better idea of their personality and how they would act. A test like this would be helpful in the business environment when hiring a manager. You look for a certain type of person and you would have an idea of how a future manager would handle the job. Looking back at the winter survival scenario we discussed in class (stranded) for that activity I think it would be best to have a (C) compliant leader because that type of leader usually careful analytical and tries to make the best decision possible based on the facts.

Imagining the future

In class we saw a video called "The Power of Vision". The main idea of this video was that it is important to have a vision to be able to have success in the future. I agree with this because if you don't have a vision you can't make a effort to achieve your goal. While if you have a vision you can work hard to achieve what you want and beome successful.

With that said I have created a vision for my own future
1) To hold a high position in the Finance field.
2) Earn enough money to buy a really nice house and buy the nice cars that will be coming out in the future like the picture above. LOL
3) Travel the world - I want to visit several different countries particularly Europe and Asia
4)Getting my masters degree.


Accomplishing these goals that I have set will be difficult. Holding a high position in the Finance field will require me to put forward a lot of effort. I will be required to ask many questions and learn as much as possible in the workplace. I would need to gain experience and knowledge in the field to be able to advance in position. I think right now I'm off to a good start since I currently am interning at JP Morgan. As for my other goals like earning enough money to buy a nice house goes hand in hand with number one because it would require me to work hard at whatever job I have and be able to advance in levels and it would lead to me having a high position. The vision which I think which will be accomplished before any of the others is getting my masters degree. Nowadays there are many students going to college and getting degrees so I feel I need a masters to put me a step ahead of everyone else. Traveling to different countries is just a personal goal that I have. I just want to experience different cultures and learn about other countries. This vision is not going to be easy to accomplish but I will work hard to achieve and hopefully I will be successful in fulfilling this vision!

Decision making in a large group = Chaos

After our 1st midterm, In class we had an activity to decide what we were going to do for the next test. With about 80 or so students in the class this was easier said than done. There was complete chaos with people yelling at each other back and forth. During the activity I handled this conflict in two different ways; collaboration and avoidance. In the beginning of this activity I tried to collaborate with the other students to try to incorporate my ideas with the ideas of others. But it seemed like for the 1st ten minutes everyone was disagreeing with each other and nothing was being accomplished. Since collaboration wasn't working I decided to just use the avoidance method. I just sat back and hoped that my classmates would be able to get something done. I did this because I felt without me speaking it would be one less person to argue and it would allow for easier communication. Since now I know the results I would have chosen to divide the class into smaller groups first and then give suggestions from those groups. I think this would have been better because the groups could have communicated ideas first and figured out what they liked and didn't like and then they would all pass the ideas to the front. I think this way would have been much faster. It would have prevented people from the back of the room arguing with people in the front.

Bas-EGG-Ball

This was an interesting activity that we had to do, to drop a egg into a basket, without it cracking using 8 straws and some tape while dropping it with your arms straight while standing on a table. I think my group did well for step one. We wanted to make some sort of nest to protect the egg from cracking. Step 2 also wasn't a problem for us at all. We came up with several different ideas, and for many of them, we also came up with flaws. My team however bypassed Step 3 which is to generate alternative scenarios which may happen. One thing we forgot to discuss was how far out to stand on the table so we can get the egg in the basket without hitting the side of the basket, causing the egg to crack before it even goes in. So for the fourth step we just went along with our plan to create a little nest around the egg, I think we had well thought out plan. For the 5th step of implementation I was the person in my team that took the shot for 5 extra credit points, I don't think I was standing far enough on the edge of the table, so when I dropped the egg, it hit the side of the basket (the picture is a good representation of what happened to the egg) and the egg yolk splattered into the basket. So we got 0 points and lost the bas-EGG-ball game! I'm sure if we had the opportunity to do this again we would be well prepared. Overall I feel my team did a good job, even though we didn't get the points. We were able to communicate well and devise a strong plan. We could have been more effective if we thought about our task at hand more thoroughly by thinking about things that could have hand us back and how we would've handled them. But I still think we tried hard, and did very well.

My Biggest Management Problem

My biggest management problem has always been my time management. Every semester this is an issue for me because usually I end up not doing much reading or studying until midterms and finals roll around and I end up pulling all-nighters or sleeping really late for many consecutive days while cramming for tests, writing papers and doing projects. Although I actually do plan on keeping up with my work I always tend to get distracted, which leads me to procrastinate. I always end up on AIM, Facebook, or doing something completely unrelated to what I'm suppose to be doing which is studying. Managing my time is easier said than done, I work part-time as an intern at JP Morgan and I'm a full time student. With this, my schedule is basically packed from Monday-Friday just from work and classes. Along with this I still want to maintain a social life, I want to be spend some time to just relax and hang out with my friends. So with all this it's not a simple task to be able to manage my time well. I hope this semester I can keep up with my work and not slack. So far I think I'm doing pretty well although I have Facebook opened in another tab!


-David Lu

Hey everyone!

My name is David Lu and I am a Junior here at Baruch College majoring in Finance. This is my first post here. I have used blogger before for another class, and used to have a Xanga around 6 years ago so I am quite familiar with this website. I am an American Born Chinese, raised in New York City. Currently I am an intern at JP Morgan Chase. I'm an only child. In my free time I like to hang out with my friends, go to the gym, watch movies, TV shows or just go out and do anything that's fun. My goal for the semester is to stop procrastinating because when I'm home and plan on doing work, I usually end up on Facebook or AIM and those are big distractions!!! I like to watch and play sports. I'll leave it at that for now. I look forward to blogging more and getting to know everyone. (well at least the few people that end of dropping by my page lol)

-David Lu