Who Yoked the YOKE?

Our team was pretty good when it came to this task. We knew exactly what the our goal was... We all had a say in what our contraption was going to look like, and we all agreed on a few things like who was going to drop the egg. The area we could have used a some improvement on was identifying what we were good at and bad at. But, we might have figured them out eventually because everyone started to shout out a job they didn't want to do, and then we worked from there. We knew our resources was the same as everyone else's so we agreed that if another team could figure something out, so could we.

The team's planning process took quite a while, but we successfully planned our contraption and had a good idea of how we wanted it to look. Within the planning phase, we looked at the objective and just thought logically. We knew the egg had to some way stay protected while crashing into that bucket. Once we fully understood that, we started drawing designs we thought would work. We ended up incorporating elements from each of our ideas; taking the strongest elements and turning it into one super-egg protector. We went through the physics of the entire contraption and felt tour contraption was the best way to safely deliver the egg into that bucket.

Even though the contraption didn't succeed, I still think it was a better design than the rest of the classes. I think the only way we could of had more success is if we had more time and a few test runs...

DA POEM

Dear Management,
I have a problem
Dear Management,
help me to solve'em

You see,
my manager thinks I'm lazy
sometimes maybe,
but this time he's just crazy

You see,
I do my job well just at my own pace,
I'm not always on time but never too late.
I always try but he always hates.
Please Management come down and put him in his place.

My Thoughts on Blogs...

1) I definitely feel that this blog component provided a way for students to learn from each other in terms of our activities and class subjects. I feel that we where much more open with each other on the blogs than in real life… That’s the only thing I regret, but than again it’s a pretty large class. Many of the times, I didn’t know who I was commenting on. Maybe if all of us where required to have photos up, it would help a great deal.

2) The blog activities definitely got me thinking about our class sessions. This is because the assignments forced us to sit down and really reflect on what we did and come up with valid entries and responses.

3) As far as introducing several management topics, I was not aware of any because I did not visit professor Kurpis’ blog. I did not know that we had to… However, I will get on that!

4) I absolutely do feel that the blogs were great opportunities to control the 20% of our grade. However, I did not know that we would loose substantial points for being late or missing a blog entry. Regardless, the blog assignments where a plus in my book.

5) I don’t know if I would continue using “this” particular blog… I personally don’t see myself posting things up about school or work etc… I have a radio show to do that!

I feel that the blog component should remain a part of this course. It’s a great way to up your grade and a great form of class-mate interaction.

DISC!

After the leadership/management diagnostic, I was pretty surprised to see that I was a type D. Although I do have type D characteristics, I thought I would lean more towards type I. I don’t think I am a definite type D but a mixture of both D and I. For example, I dislike control and supervision, I like new and varied activities, and I desire power, all of which is type D characteristics. However, I also aim to make good impressions, I like to entertain and like social recognition, all of which fall in the type I category. If it was up to me, I would like to take on some type C characteristics. I am more of a creative thinker than the analytical type. I feel that being able to analyze situation with accuracy and demonstrating diplomatic ability is a very important skill in life. I found that this test is helpful “initially” to understand where a person is coming from and would prepare you for better interaction. Such as myself, I don’t think every person is a definite D, I, S or C types. People are dynamic and share many qualities, however, this test can help an individual gain some idea of other peoples traits in-turn creating healthier interaction in the workplace.