The ideas which were covered in class about organizational change can be related to work a lot so I would like to share my experience.
My company was recently bought by Google and most of us were put on the transition plan. A lot of people took this change very negative and are demotivated. They come to work just to enjoy the free lunch and have no interest in the Google's transition activities.
I accepted the change as a positive thing as it gave me a chance to work with one of the most qualified people at Google. Just because I had the willingness and the positive attitude as Prof. mentioned in class, I was put as the main lead in the transition and now everybody at Google's corporate finance team knows me.
Although my last day is in October but I am really hopeful that they will notice my hard work and I will be offered a full time position. Atleast I have reached the first step..which is being noticed and talked about. Let's hope for the best for future...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Blog Clogg!
I think the blog was a great idea as it helped us learn much more about each other personally as well as how other people think. Most of us are so comfortable with where we sit that we did not want to go and interact with other people.
Blog was a good way of communication of interacting with other students in class. I think it was also a way to share some of our experiences which we do not feel comfortable with talking about in the class.
The best part was that all the blog assignments were related to what we did so it was a feedback and a recap of what our feelings and experiences were of what we learnt in class. Professor's blog was very interesting too and it kept us informed and interested in the subject.
The only thing which I feel is that I was unsure if we finish all our assignments in time, do we get the full points? Basically, I was unsure about the expectation of course content or work we needed to put on the blog.
But like everything else, I would like to thank the professor for giving us an extra skill or tool which helped us in our overall management growth. I will continue to update the blog and use it as a tool to my fullest benefit. A lot of co-workers and my freinds have been waiting for the semester to be over so that they can visit my blog!!
Blog was a good way of communication of interacting with other students in class. I think it was also a way to share some of our experiences which we do not feel comfortable with talking about in the class.
The best part was that all the blog assignments were related to what we did so it was a feedback and a recap of what our feelings and experiences were of what we learnt in class. Professor's blog was very interesting too and it kept us informed and interested in the subject.
The only thing which I feel is that I was unsure if we finish all our assignments in time, do we get the full points? Basically, I was unsure about the expectation of course content or work we needed to put on the blog.
But like everything else, I would like to thank the professor for giving us an extra skill or tool which helped us in our overall management growth. I will continue to update the blog and use it as a tool to my fullest benefit. A lot of co-workers and my freinds have been waiting for the semester to be over so that they can visit my blog!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Motivating factors for young managers
All of us get motivated by different things. The Hierarchy of Needs theory by Maslow stays valid for understanding people’s motivation and personal development. Nowadays Maslow's ideas stated in the Hierarchy of Needs about the responsibility of employers to give workplace that makes it possible for employees to perform their potential are very appropriate. Unlike the normal perception that the money is the most important motivating factor, a survey of young managers showed the following results:
Top 10 Brainstorming techniques
1. Substitute someone else's perspective for yours. How would a teacher, lawyer, actor, artist, or accountant approach your idea or subject? Don't know? Ask them!
2. Look at your idea through the eyes of a critic.
3. Connect your idea to other worlds or fields.4. Magnify your idea. What can you do to enlarge, expedite, extend, strengthen, exaggerate, dramatize, or improve your idea?
5. Simplify your idea. Can you condense, trim down, compact, minimize, or narrow your idea?
6. Change your idea. Modify the name, color, sound, shape, form, function, smell, taste, and properties of your idea.
7. Make your idea meet the needs and wants of the masses.
8. Add more value. What will add more value? Add extra features, durability, safety, thickness, accuracy, guarantees, uses, and freebies.
9. Examine what others have done.
10. Flip a coin. When you cannot make a decision, flip a coin.
2. Look at your idea through the eyes of a critic.
3. Connect your idea to other worlds or fields.4. Magnify your idea. What can you do to enlarge, expedite, extend, strengthen, exaggerate, dramatize, or improve your idea?
5. Simplify your idea. Can you condense, trim down, compact, minimize, or narrow your idea?
6. Change your idea. Modify the name, color, sound, shape, form, function, smell, taste, and properties of your idea.
7. Make your idea meet the needs and wants of the masses.
8. Add more value. What will add more value? Add extra features, durability, safety, thickness, accuracy, guarantees, uses, and freebies.
9. Examine what others have done.
10. Flip a coin. When you cannot make a decision, flip a coin.
Leaders of tomorrow
Ohh! I wonder out of all the classes
Which subject inspired the masses?
Was it Accounting, Statistics?
Or was it Management ethics?
So many topics
So many things to learn
But each one
Full of fun
Are we only leaders at workplace?
Or management can be used in every space?
From business culture to communication
From manager’s tasks to leaders inspiration
From Pizza Parlor’s planning
To Jello’s brainstorming
Who knew everytime
We were getting better at managing.
From Stefan’s communication style
To our personal profile
Management is important every step of our life.
We learnt time management skills
The survival activity gave us chills
Joey’s conflict and compromise
Made each one of us wise
I am not sure about the rest
But Professor Kurpis is the best
He has given us the direction
Which we all have to follow
And become leaders of the generation
All the best!!
Which subject inspired the masses?
Was it Accounting, Statistics?
Or was it Management ethics?
So many topics
So many things to learn
But each one
Full of fun
Are we only leaders at workplace?
Or management can be used in every space?
From business culture to communication
From manager’s tasks to leaders inspiration
From Pizza Parlor’s planning
To Jello’s brainstorming
Who knew everytime
We were getting better at managing.
From Stefan’s communication style
To our personal profile
Management is important every step of our life.
We learnt time management skills
The survival activity gave us chills
Joey’s conflict and compromise
Made each one of us wise
I am not sure about the rest
But Professor Kurpis is the best
He has given us the direction
Which we all have to follow
And become leaders of the generation
All the best!!
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