Will scribe

This monday the 29th of November our class covered chapter 13 which is over excercising control. I learned that in order to control one has to establish a "regular". Basically measuring performance against the determined standards and taking corrective actions. Which does make complete sense. To achieve the most effective control the regulator must focus attention on appropriate activities while being timely, cost-effective, accurate, concise and accepted as controlled group. These characteristics should become quite important to remember if becoming a boss of sorts ever happens.

Connections #3

Over the thanksgiving holiday I displayed several characterictics that chapter 12 managing conflict, stress, and time tought me how to use. It was very stressful to me and everyone else cooking because my whole family was in town and there were numerous platters and plates we had to prepare and organize. I displayed numerous time management skills placing the different objectives I had to accomplish into different categories so we could get everyone situated and fed in a timely manner. Placing my objectives in an important, not important category, then in a urgent, not urgent category made it easier for me to pick and choose how I wanted to cook and marinade everything so that all the dishes would come out of the oven at the same time. Following the time wasters guide I Set Priorities, Did not procrastinate, Managed the phone effectively, Made meetings effectively, Delegated, Closed my door, was decisive, Organized, Stayed on top of paperwork/ingredients, and Avoided distractions, these were key elements to making Thanksgiving dinner successful and enjoyable for everyone. Thanks chapter 12 for helping me manage conflict, stress, and time!

Happy Thanksgiving.... Next Scribe

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

The next scribe for Monday, November 29th is Will!!

Reflections #3

I found the chapter on Coaching to be the most interesting out of the chapters we've studied lately. Normally I automatically relate coaching to sports, but it's intriguing to think of it as something that happens in every day jobs. I believe that coaching is so important as a manager. I can see that here in a college town especially, where most college students view their jobs as ONLY a means to make money. A lot of times, I think college kids working part-time do their jobs only as well as necessary. Without managers that are willing to coach, a lot of businesses would be unsuccessful. Since I work in a restaurant, I know for a fact that my place of work would be much worse off if my managers didn't take the time to help their employees be better at their job. I think that the benefits of a manager that coaches far outweigh the reasons that managers neglect their coaching role. A good manager should realize that even though coaching takes a great amount of confidence and a large amount of time, it is worth the effort.

Reflection 3

The last three chapters we've covered have shown the keys to affective management. Of the chapters, Coaching is the one i can reflect on. Not only has my boss been my coach in making the right kind of sandwich, but my own dad has been my coach. Like learning the norms in a business, i had to learn the norms in everyday life. From riding a bike, to learning business lingo my dad has took me through each. Just like taking steps in a business, my dad gave me steps to take. Coaching is the key to good work ethics, because if the employee does not have a guide the work does not get done.

Reflections 3

Since the last test we have been going over chapters 9, 11, and 12. With this semester getting closer and closer to ending I haven't been as focused as I should be on my school. With this being said it seemed that the lesson the other day was tailor made for me. I found it interesting because I have always been a procrastinator but here lately it has been worse and I definitely feel like I am suffering a little bit form burnout. I really enjoyed the lesson on time management because it really made me realize how I have been lacking, and it has given me some techniques to work with to help me get my life back on track.

Reflections 3

In chapter 9 we learned about group development, chapter 11 we learned about coaching, and in chapter 12 we learned about managing conflict, stress, and time. Chapter 9 was easy because growing up in Houston I was able to watch the Texans just start out as an expansion team then get to where they are today. I was able to watch them go through all the stages of grouping and right now they are stuck between norming and performance. When comparing football to these chapters, to me chapter 11 and chapter 12 go together. The coach needs to pinpoint each problem that the players can fix in order to get better performance out of them. The coach also has to manage conflict, stress, and time. If a player gets injured he has the conflict of making sure the backup is ready to play in the next game. The coach has to handle all the stress that comes with the job, especially if they are losing the media will attack you. The coach also has to manage the time during the week for the team. He will come up with schedules for workouts, practices, and days off after a win.

Reflection 3

The last couple of chapters have been quite different than the chapters we have covered. One of the chapters we covered was about Coaching. I believe coaching is a very important in business. In order to be a good manager you have to be able to build your employees up in order for them to succeed.

Reflections #3

These recent chapters have really hit home for me. I have had a little difficulty understanding and memorizing the Core Skills of Coaching in Chapter 11, which deals with certain aspects such as attending, affirming, pinpointing, resourcing, and summarizing. Chapter 12 has helped me in other aspects of life than business such as dealing with stress and managing conflict. I have found that avoiding confrontation is not an effective way to deal with conflicts that are not trivial, while other approaches such as collaborating can be much more beneficial to all parties involved. Also, I have learned that stress is sometimes necessary to accomplish your goals. Some stressors can give energy and focus in completing tasks, which in turn can raise individual health and increase productivity.

Reflections #3 Ryan

I decided to post mostly on chapter 12, because stress relief I believe is key to success in both school and life in general. The ability to manage stress will lead to improved efficiency in work and performance in general. I generally do not have a problems with stress the majority of the time, however, I do have things seem to build up and overwhelm me and I believe that if I took care of the important, non urgent stuff more often I would be able to better manage stress. Also, I liked chapter 11 on coaching because that is one thing that has always made sense to me. Having a good coach can produce better results and create good habits for the person being coached.

Last week there was a very interesting lecture on coaching and techniques. This particular lecture proved my suspicion of having extremely bad coaches throughout highschool. Now I better understand why no players respected or wanted to follow our coaches leadership. This week in chapter 12 our class discussed conflict, stress and time management. There was a conflict in class for me where I had to hold a pencil above my head for half of class and I will say I became slightly stressed.

Reflections

Im choosing to reflect upon chapter 12. I can relate to this chapter most. The topics of stress and time management really struck a chord with me. The past few years have been really stressful. I have come to find out that that college is a place for some serious reality checks. The idea that college is all fun and games got over-turned really fast. Stress can effectively managed with some good time management skills. Nothing should ever be labeled as urgent. Important problems should be addressed before they become urgent.

Connection

One the biggest stresses I encountered throughout my college career was managing time between sports and school. I used to play baseball for Texas Tech and during the season I had to miss class often and most of my time was consumed by baseball. This is similar to working a full time job and going to school except you don't get to pick your work hours. To help keep my grades up I was given tutors several days out of the week to catch me up on what I had been missing in classes and to help me complete assignments on time. It can also be difficult to manage the stress of being a Division-1 athlete and a full time student. The ability to perform on the field while being stressed about a school matter or vice versa. These things can all take a toll mentally and it is very important to be able to manage these stresses in order to be successful in both areas.

Brett B Relections 3

I found Chapter 12 to interesting because it is used in everday life. People are faced with minor and major stresses each day, from finding to time to complete assignments or personal problems that need to be addressed. One can greatly benefit from learning the best way to manage these stresses and overcome them.

Scribe post 11-8-10

In class 11-8-2010 we discussed chapter 12 Managing Conflict, Stress and Time. First Bethany gave a Caleb, Joe, Will and Justin something to hold over their heads throughout the lecture to symbolize stress. First we learned what causes conflict: Examples: Different views, Personal goals, non ability to understand the actions of others. Second we discussed conflict management styles, forcing, avoiding, compromising, accommodating and collaborating. Based on concern for others and concern for self we found the best way to manage conflict was through collaborating. Then we talked about principled negotiation and how it worked well when resolving conflict about goals, structure and change. After that we learned about interpersonal conflict and the three steps: 1 Evaluate conflict style, 2 identify conflict behavior, 3 learn confrontational reduction skills. Then we discussed stress and how there is positive and negative stress, and we went over the three major causes of stress (Life events) (Personal Psychological Makeup) (work). Next we learned how to cope with stress and four ways to do so. (Physical Exercise) (Relax) (Sense of control or plan) (Good interpersonal relationships). The point in the guys with the objects they had to hold over their heads was to show how stress is different according to how much you have to deal with some tasks are more or less stressful than others. The last topic of the day was time management, and how to manage tasks that are important or urgent or even important and urgent. Bethany had us make a to-do list of everything we had this week then we separated important from urgent stuff and important and urgent stuff. We discovered the best way to manage time was to always get the important stuff done then it would never become urgent.

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connections #2

While reading chapter 8 Leadership it really changed the way I look at leadership in business, it gave me several ways to improve  my leadership skills as a servant leader and this is very beneficial if your managing or own a business. Characteristics of a servant leader are listening, empathy, healing, persuasion, awareness, foresight, conceptualization, commitment to the growth of people, stewardship, and building community. By practicing these simple every day tasks you will for sure improve on your leadership role in this society and become more powerful and understanding then people who never display these characteristics and will greatly impact your success as a small business owner, supervisor, or manager.

Connections Post 2

One thing that stresses me out the most is a co-worker that does not pull their own weight at work. Specially when it’s only the co-worker and myself in our department and we are closing together because there is a list of task that has to get done. And my co-worker is moving slow and not wanting to do anything to help get the work list done. Although I get stress I know that if the task are not carried out I cannot leave until they are. Because avoiding the problem would not help me I have went to my manager so he could take care of the problem. After speaking with my manager he took action toward the worker.

Reflection Post 3

I’m a fan of TCU Horned Frogs Football and like any football team it involves team skills. In chapter 9 it talks about team building skills which I have found to be impressive this season in this TCU football team. The team has its leader and its member know their norms that have establish a great team that is concentrated on taking care of what they can control and not what is out of their hands. I have seen that this team works efficiently together to achieve the goals they have set out that have earned them the number 3 spot in the BCS at this point.

Reflections

Today in class we went over managing conflict, conflict management style, interpersonal conflict, stress, major causes of stress, and how to deal with stress. Everyday I am faced with some kind of stress whether it be what clothes to put on, what time I'm supposed to be at work, how much bills are, how to avoid traffic so I make it to class on time, every day it's something new and I have to learn how to cope with these minor and serious stresses I endure throughout the day. Knowing the major causes of stress and whether you are a type A : lack of patience, try to accomplish too much in short time, or type B : calm, more realistic about time needed to complete tasks, will give you a better chance of overcoming these stresses because you are educated on the kind of person you are and what it takes to achieve positive results. Some ways to cope with stress are physical excersise, the way you relax, sense of control, and good interpersonal relationships, everyone has some kind of stress throughout the day and knowing how to overcome them will give you a major advantage in life and you will come off as having more control and a well centered life.

Reflections 3

In chapter 12 we learned about conflict stress and time management. I was very interested in this chapter to learn how to manage conflict sense it seems to be a every day occurrence. The skills we learned about were very helpful to me i found out that i was using the forcing method more so than the one i should be using compromising. Being assertive and cooperative is defiantly the way to go in my line of work just to get every thing on the table.

reflections post

Today in class we talked about stress, conflict and how to deal with those things in your life. This lesson was especially important to me because I often find myself very stressed out. I am a big procrastinator often waiting until just before an assignment is due to begin working on it. While I often complete the assignment without problems, it only adds to the level of stress that i experience along with my stress from my job. I also have alot of conflict at my work as a have one or two coworkers who dont pull their own weight to say the least. However, I cannot just blow up on them and dealing with conflict in a mature way has helped me to become more successful in the workplace.

Reflections

By taking this course i feel like i have learned a lot about being in a business environment. Though i am not a manager i feel like this information can still be useful in my career. We have learned how to fight through stressful situations and that can help in everyday life. As technology is constantly changing and advancing consumers have a higher demand for better things. With that knowledge and what i have learned in this class i feel like i am much closer to my goal.

Connections

In chapter 8 we discussed leadership. Leaders and managers are seen in everyday life. Certain roles we fill require us to be leaders. I work at a real estate company and my manager is also the property manager. She has to balance managing an office and over 1,000 properties at the same time. In some aspects she is a heroic leader due to the amount of work she puts in. When something happens at a property she is the first person to be there to make sure it is taken care of properly. Even though she feels she should take on the responsibility herself she does not always succeed. I have noticed with working with her for the past year that she needs to work more on managing herself and allow others to pick up the slack. She needs to work on being more developmental and teach us how to take care of the office or a situation for her. She cant be everywhere at once.

Scribe Post

In class on wensday November the 3rd we took notes on chapter 11 Coaching for Higher Performance. We talked about the four functions of coaching which are tutoring, mentoring, confronting, and counseling.


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Scribe Post

In class on Monday November 1st we split up into three groups and had 20 min. to build a tower out of marshmallows and spaghetti noodles. Team 1 had the tallest standing tower followed by team 3 and then team 2. Each team got candy at the end. Then we started lecture on Chapter 9 (Team Building) and talked about the four stages of group development (Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing).