Monday, May 16, 2011

Managing your creativity

What is a management class?
It is a blog post I write,
The picture of my thoughts.
Discovering thyself,
In activities engaged.
Ideas flowing smooth,
With comments after that.
Discussions in depth,
Into what your visions are.
The leader that has passion,
To inspire, to create.
The knowledge that he passes,
Will surely remain.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

"Communicating via Blog"

Effective communication is a powerful source of learning new information, whether it is a face to face discussion or through writing. Having blog assignments in management class was a fun way of finding out about different cultures, new approaches to solving problems professionally, and even discovering our personalities. I found posting blogs interesting, especially when my classmates discussed the activities that we performed in class such as the activity with an egg, and personality test.
1. "Did you feel you benefited from meeting. learning about or observing others online? Did it help in extending the communicating in class?
I think the blog assignment was especially beneficial to my shy classmates who do not feel comfortable to speak in public. The blog assignment was unique way of finding out about the goals and aspirations of my peers which is the kind of information not everyone share at once. Reading a blogs that are full of great ambitions, optimism, and smart ideas is motivating in terms of career and personal life as well. One of the examples is the blog about your "Vision to life".
2. "Did the blog get you to think about and share your perceptions about some of what we did in class?"
Definitely, the class activities performed in class made me think about them after the class. For example, I tested my friend`s personality through "DISC" test just to find out whether I would hire him if I would be the Boss. He actually had almost the same result as mine. I was "D sub-I" and he was "I sub-D" :)
3. Did you clearly understand the degree to which you could easily improve your course grades and relieve your test anxieties by appropriate attention to your blog?
I did understand that by posting blogs on time, as well as commenting on three of my classmates` blogs I already have my 20% of the class grade.
4. Do you plan on continuing to post your thoughts or ideas about school, work, career, life on this or another blog after this class ended?
Since I am majoring in Marketing with a minor and Communications/Business Writing, most likely I will keep blogging on this or another blogs because I know that it will be a big plus in my communication skills and also improve my writing skills even more.