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Robot Wanted, Human Will Do
Class: Management 365: Business and Its Environment. Discussion #5 …write an imaginary job description for a Wal-Mart clerk…based on [Barbara] Ehrenreich’s experience. Refer to the skills and attitudes required, as well as the organizational and social role that is played. Pretend you are a De Tocquville-type observer/ethnographer, not your typical HR person. You’re not trying […]
Following Footprints: How Sriram Ayer and Small Dog Create Paths for their Followers
Umass Amherst – School of Management 697PP: Perspectives on Leadership Summer 2007 Discussion #2 Read the short case on Small Dog Electronics on page 7 of your textbook [Adam’s Edit: Art and Science of Leadership (4th Edition) by Afsaneh Nahavandi].Also read the very short [Adam’s Edit: Fast Company] article in the module folder about an […]
Bill Simmons & Ronald Jenkees, Together At Last!
For those of you who read my prior post on Mr. Jenkees, Ronald Jenkees: A YouTube Musical Phenom, you’ll be pleased to know Bill Simmons, the wicked good sports columnist over at ESPN, has chosen and integrated Jenkees Dirty Bass song as the introduction for his podcast. His podcast has also changed names from The […]
Pingoat’s Important Secret Announcement: Free Quality Blog Traffic
After I published the, Umass Amherst – School of Management 697PP: Perspectives on Leadership, post last night I went to Pingoat (as usual) to ping a ton of sites and inform them of my latest post. Immediately, something caught my eye (I’m wicked observant), this not so usual message was posted at the top: Pingoat […]
Umass Amherst – School of Management 697PP: Perspectives on Leadership
Those of who read the post about my undergraduate summer class, Management 365: Business and Its Environment, are probably wondering two things right now, This post will tell us whether you Umass-Amherst allowed you to enroll in the graduate class you were referring to, right? Why was that post titled “…Management…” yet this one is […]
Bits & Pieces on Management and Our Environment
Below is the first discussion and my first response for the Management 365 – Business and Its Environment class I’m currently taking: The Allegory of the Cave by Plato After you have read the excerpt from Plato think about the following: What point is Plato trying to make? What do the shadows and the objects […]
Poles Welcome Bush to Hell
I’m watching the Polish news right now on the itvn channel we receive via our satellite dish and couldn’t be more proud of my fellow Poles. The itvn is interviewing many citizens and nearly all of them are very opposed to the presence of President Bush in Poland and also are adamantly against the installation […]
Boston Latin School: Wolfpack Pride
I just received an e-mail newsletter from the Boston Latin School Alumni Association with a nice piece of news about my alma mater, we’re now ranked the #78 best high school in America by Newsweek. Oh…and to Ephemerous, a Bostonblogger comrade, I did not see Latin Academy on the list, but hey there’s always next […]
Umass Amherst – Management 365: Business and Its Environment
I’m attempting to take two classes during the first summer session the University of Massachusetts at Amherst offers, however, I need to seek approval from the MBA program at Umass as the second class is a graduate level class, which has a restriction in place of requiring a bachelor’s degree to take, even though I […]
Parties, Business, Impeachment and Music
In lieu of a post tonight, I’d like to give out a few quick shout-outs to some people I know in “real world” and their digital manifestations. First up are my fellow Tar Heels over at Thrills on the Hill. The fellas over there are posting events going on in Chapel Hill during the summer. […]