thank you Professor Kurpis gives us a "free" communication "tool"

I think this blog is a very interesting and effective communication tool for the class. It gives us the opportunities to know each other’s ideas and thoughts about the subject matter and the class activities. Moreover, most likely, people do not like to point out something or someone in the class or during the activities, so the blog is a helpful tool to express our feelings. Also, by visiting our professor’s blog, we learn something new about management which surprised us. I think the blog should remain a component of this course because it has those benefits. On the other hand, it is part of our grade, so there is an invisible pressure that lead us to do the blog, however, now I do it because I like to do it. Over all, this class is outstanding!!!

"interesting" poetry about Management

How to Manage

i have

7 hours sleep time each day

4 days at school

840 minutes a day at restaurant

2 days until english final

3 days until "poetry slam"

2 semesters until graduation

4 years until marriage

228 months until retirement

all i have is time

what should i do with my time

answer would be manage the time

don't waste any time

The ABCs of DISC

the DiSC test is kind of intersting because it will test what are your personalities, however, it may not be the way as your result. i think people's personality will change depend on enviroment, influence by other people, or even your mood.
my result was "D" and it changed to "S", i think those i am not really fit in those categorizations. however, it might be right for somebody else, so i think it is helpful to determine people’s management “type” to better understand where they are coming from. i Would try a test like this help in other personal interactions because at least you have a idea of what kind of person he or she is, so you know how to deal with them. that is just a way to help to get a "simple" idea, however, if you really know to have more interaction with that person, i think the best way is spending time to hang out with them because people's personlities shows with their actions in everyday life.

My vision of future!!!

I totally agree with those statements:
Vision without action is just a dream.
Action without vision merely wastes time.
Vision coupled with action can make things happen!
I bet everyone have dream about their futures, however, in order to reach the goal, they should apply with actions. Back to my case, my vision of future is simple. I will have my own accounting firm with more than 200 employees, to success that dream, i should work hard to save up enough money, or i should find some partners. moreover, i dream that i will have travle all over the world, to do so, i should first stablize my company and maybe learn some new language. finally, i will have a wonderful family, rich, peace, happy....to do that seems easy, but it's opposite, therefore, i think i will spend more time with my family ,instead of friends....
I dream big, therefore, i work harder...

Decision Making

First of all, I need to thanks the professor, he gives us not only a favor, but a chance as well as a confident. Also, i think he is smart because he used that opportunity to teach us another lecture.
Ok, back to our topic, according to the slide, labeled “How People Handle Conflict.”, i think i personally used the fourth way, Accommodation which is Seeing issue as more important to others than self, I think the class discussion is not only about individual, you have right to disagree and point out your own feeling, however, when you come to decision making, you need to think as a whole class. People seem to be over-controlled, that didnot help at all and will cause problems. I think the best way to make a decision is the third way, Compromise
which is used with decision making under pressure; all members are equal. I agree that everybody should have equal right to express themselves and others should respect all different kinds of opinions, however, the final decision might not satisfy all in the class. Anyhow, we got a happy ending, and people, we need to try better...don't forget that is a chance not only an advantage...

The evaluatation about my group’s planning process

I like the way professor teaches the lecture--do some class activities and learn from them. That is way better than a boring lecture and we actually understand the materials. I really learn something from the "An Eggs-cellent Way to Plan" activities. I think my group went through the Step 1. Define your goals and objectives, Step 2. Determine your resources and current status vis-á-vis objectives , Step 3. Develop several alternative strategies, but not Step 4. Make a tactical plan and Step 5. Implement the plan and evaluate results. We all understood the goal, and had our own ideas, however, i think we did not really agree with each other. Therefore, they just try to do their own way. I don't mean that it fails the task, however, i think the meaning of group project is group's power, we should try to understand each other and fill out the best way to finish the work. It is important to reach the goal, but i think the more important is to learn from the experience. Anyway, thanks all the group memebers....getting better, we are all learning....

My biggest management problem---time

As i mention before, i am a full time student at Baruch, meanwhile,i have to help out at my father's restaurant every week. Therefore, i need to face a big problem--time. Time is the most important thing to me, i feel like i do not have enough time to manage my life--school, work and social life. I must balance all of three, otherwise, they will all fail. For examples, if i spend too much time on school, then my father's restaurant won't function well. If i work too hard in the restaurant, then i won't have enough energy to prepare my tests. If i spend all my time on school and work, then i won't have any friend. It is so important that i manage my time perfectly because i can't give up any one of three. I know that is hard, however, i need to face and solve the problem. I truely believe i will be a wonderful manager.

Personal information about the blog's manager

My name is Ying Dong (or call my English name,Rita). I am a very interesting Chinese girl (only if you are interest in to know me). I went to Rockland Community College and got my associate degree (the only reason i went RCC is it locates nears by my father's Chinese restaurant). I worked full time both in school and restaurant. Even now,I need to traval every week to go back and work 3 days a week. The only reason that i chose to study in Baruch is i truely believe Baruch college will lead me to a better road. Finally, i hope everyone will have a happy semester!!!!!!!!!!