last blog :(

a managers duty is endless, so they say
but there's only 24 hours in my day.
to plan, to organize, to lead and control
is it possible to ever feel at ease? to repose?
indeed i am a manager to be in the future
a man with capabilities
to oversee
any negative externalities
that can possibly hinder a business
but for now, this class has been fun and informative
but like all good things, we must come to an end

2 cents on COM

blogging is definitley something new to me, prior to this class. i encourage its use and hope the professor continues to exploit it. i think the professor executed his plans very effectively; providing a way for students to learn about and from each other, providing a way to encourage students to think about the class activities, introducing management topics via professors blog (which i found very interesting), and also providing a way for students to easily manage and control 20% of their grade that was not test related. though, some students seemed very passive and absent-minded in their responses, others found blogging as a learning tool; for example, the other day, a classmate asked if i was a junior majoring in accounting. her accuracy bewildered me and when i asked how she knew that, she referred to the blog. in my opinion, blogging is not that dificult, yet it has such a heavy meaning to it, and being that it accounts for 20 percent of our grade, permits a greater incentive why we all should participate! i plan on to continue to blog as i hope you all do to.

Mind Candy

who would've guessed a bunch of numbers and words would define your personality? in my opinion, the personality assessment model was pretty accurate. apparently, i was a "C", and in reality, i can personally concede this conviction. every move i make, i do it conscionably, carefully, thoroughly and with responsibility. under "description" for conscientiousness, a couple of highlights that hit home: thinking analytically, being diplomatic with people, checking for accuracy, and analyzing performance; kind of scary. not that i'm not content with being a "C" but if i had the choice to choose any other one out of the 4, i would choose "I". i like making a favorable impression in voicing my opinions; influencing others. but like i said, i'm comfortble being a "C". in reference to the "stranded" situation, i feel i would be more comfortable with an "I" leader. someone who views people and situations optmistically, and participates with groups; someone who not only talks the talk, but also walks the walk. i admire that and i'm a firm believer in leading by example!

dependent visions

now that i'm compelled to think about my future, i wasn't aware i had so many visions. just to name a few, i plan on possessing a Certified Public Accounting lisence and perhaps owning my own accounting firm one day. i also plan on getting married and having kids eventually; somewhere in the near future. most importantly, shortly after graduating from Baruch, i plan on getting my own place!! i love my family, please don't misinterpret, but i am a man who values privacy and that seems to be an illusion as long as i live with my parents and sister. i am aware of the inconvenient effort living on your own entails; not having the luxury of home-cooked food waiting on the table as you come home from a long, exhausting day, or a clean house unless you partake in doing so, or not having to worry about paying for rent and other expensive utilities. therefore, i'm hoping by achieving my visions stated earlier; getting married, acheiving my CPA and finding a steady paying job, this will make me a step closer in living comfortably. my blueprint in achieving my CPA, i have no other choice than to submit to these requirement adjustments in effect august 1, and stay in Baruch one more year. during this time, however, i hope to work for a prestige accounting firm who can perhaps pay for my fees involving my CPA, and commence my career. from here, i plan on meeting my wife which i haven't quite figured out yet. but until then, Baruch is all i know!

THANK YOU TEDDY!!

as class began, and the professor revealed the class average for the midterm, i was a bit worried. i do remember handing in the midterm feeling a little uncertain about a couple of questions, but i guess hearing "69" from the professor really confirmed my destiny. turns out, i didn't do that bad. i usually shoot for A's but i don't mind being complacent just this one time. i don't think the material was that difficult more so than the format of the exam. and so when the professor proposed that as long as 100% of the class agrees to a reasonable request in attempt to adjust our grade/ editing the format of the next exam, i'm thinking, "what is the professor about to get himself into?" i know for a fact, the multiple multiple choice was going out the window; it was a smart way of asking, almost, 50 different questions, condensed into, what appears to be only 8 questions. i would say, out of the terms under "how people handle conflict" i was more of a mix between avoidance and accommodation. i wont neglect to mention that i was a bit pissimistic, thinking it was going to be mission impossible to find a request that EVERYONE were better off. i was wrong! in fact, we acheived quite a bagain. i think we couldn't have had a better leader who identified with our request and pretty much found a common denominator we all desired. from this point on, i was all about accommodating others request because again, i didn't do bad so i kinda felt bad for those who felt discouraged in acheiveing a desirable grade. i'm completely content with the outcome and don't think it couldve happend any better. THANX TEDDY!! HAHAA

it was worth a shot

wow! even though the planning process was introduced to us after this assignment, i feel this systematic procedure stumbled upon my group intuitively. commencing this assignment, my group had a bit of an advantage as we entered the class with sketches of our contraption; beginnig the planning phase in advance. though our contraption was a failure i believe my group carried out the planning steps quite successfully. our goals and objectives were pretty evident; building an egg protection device that would keep the egg from cracking after being dropped from 10 feet in the air. we were conscious about the time that was given and we met the deadlines of deliberating our plan as well as constructing our contraction. we were informed of the limited material that will be allowed to construct such a contraption. off the bat, i think out group leader emerged naturally. he took charge and clearly explained his opinion. though he sketches were already made, he was completely opened for constructive feedback; everyone in the group contributed their two cents and as a result, we all were getting along and seemed quite compatible. then we began to alter the sketches already made as we began to realize we needed a more efficient cushion to offset the impact. however, i don't think anyone realized that dropping the egg from 10 feet above doesn't guarantee that it will fall strait down without flopping from side to side. this i believe was our main flaw that hindered our plan. not aware of this, we began our tactical plan. it was then when we started dividing up the tasks; one person measured the straws and marked a specific cut off point as the next person would cut the straw and tape them together. the next person would then begin to build the base/ foundation of this protection device. my task was mainly to guard the egg with my life as we were told if it were to break at any point, we can no longer participate (i did a fantastic job!). to make a long story short, our egg was one of the many that cracked (though it wasn't as severe as others). again, i think our flaw was not addressing the possibilities of the egg flopping from side to side not assuring that the egg will land on its purposeful contraction, instead, landing on the other, non-protected side. we did a hell of a job though! it was worth a shot.

botheration of time!!!!!

i think its safe to assume that everyone shares a similar notion; time is something we never could get enough of. especially for those procrastinators who defer action until an opportunity is lost. as a full time student, part time employee and an appetite for fitness and working out at the gym, i constantly find myself lagging behind, battling for time as 168 hours a week, to me, is inadequate. as a potential solution, this is my first semester in college where i fabricated a schedule where i attend college 5 days a week, as oppose to 2, spreading out my classes as well as the area of concentration (1 class/2 class a day). yea, going to school 2 times a week sounds utopia, and enables more personal time, but it is really mind drenching and slowly but surely, deteriorating. as convenient as 1 class a day may seem now, time still remains an obstacle (i.e. look at the time this blog was submitted- 15 mins till deadline). time management has always been a huge issue and i wont neglect to mention how poor of a manager i am in that department.

conglomerating life

where do i begin?... my name is Nader but all my life friends called me Nate. I turned 21 last month and have yet to encounter this facade everyone talks about when turning 21; its overrated! I was born and raised in the U.S. but my parents are Egyptian. I don't speak Arabic fluently nor have i been to Egypt for a couple of years now. I am currently a shift manager/supervisor at Jamba Juice Company at the store on Union Square; I've been there for almost 3 years. This is my 5th semester in Baruch. I'm a transfer student coming from the College of Staten Island. I transferred because Baruch possesses the business environment which is my area of concentration (Accounting). Actually, coming out of High School, Baruch was my first choice on my college application, but they denied me due to poor academic performance. I would say it was then when i developed this tenacious attitude and began to take my life/career more strenuous. So i attended College of Staten Island for a year and received nothing below an A for all the classes i was present in and pretty much gave Baruch no reason to deny me again. So i re-applied and here i am.