On our March 7th class we had a crazy and hectic class activity based on decision making. While I personally did not really learn anything about the decision making process, we as a class were able to see various examples of how people handle decision making conflicts. I believe we saw all Five types of the personality variations.
My way of handling the conflict was avoidance for the most part. While in the beginning I was feeling more accommodating, the longer it dragged on the less I cared. What I wanted most out of this conflict was a grading curve and not much more. The curve was accepted by the class early, so after that I didn't feel as strongly towards the other ideas. I did not really care about the format of the next test. While it would be nice to change it up, I got a pretty good grade on this test so it was fine with me.
I did know that everything had to be accepted or we get nothing. However like the professor said, people will feel like there is no hope. I was willing to accept most any of the suggestions as long as I get my curve. The other people in the class, unfortunately, would not be so easy.
If there was a way to do it over I think that there should have been roles assigned. There should have been a class representative or maybe multiple representatives; each representative handling a smaller section of the class. This way the smaller groups could be more easily managed. And finally at the end the representatives could get together and make a finally compromising decision.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Egg Drop Contest
In this class activity my group had to carefully plan how best to utilize 9 straws and masking tape to create a structure that would protect an egg being dropped from 10 feet high.
Step 1: We acknowledged that we had 25 minutes to plan what we were going to do. This step probably took the most out of our 25 minutes. We started brainstorming ideas on how to protect the egg. After considering various shapes and designs we settled on forming a mattress-like barrier object to place on the bottom of the egg.
Step 2: Since we did not have the actual straws in our possession yet we had to estimate the dimensions of the straws. We figured that we would use about 3-4 straws in forming the barrier. We also estimated that we could get about 3 layers out of these straws. We used a balled up piece of paper to simulate the egg's dimensions.
Step 3: Once we finished designing the barrier we had to come up with potential scenarios that would foil our design. One thing we considered was that the egg might roll after landing and so the sides needed to have some protection too. So we added something in our design to make up for that.
Step 4: We did not really assign specific job roles to our team members, everyone was allowed to contribute in whichever way.
Step 5: After we planned for 25 minutes we had 10 minutes to implement our design. This phase was really hectic as the 10 minutes seemed to go by so fast. We were able to finish before the deadline, and our group was the first to go. Our egg cracked, unfortunately. Whomever dropped the egg said that the egg survived initially but bounced and hit a weakspot.
Afterthoughts: I think our group did a good good overall. Our design might have succeeded 3 times out of 5, but we will never know. One thing we could have improved on was Step 4. We should have assigned specific roles to our members. That would have saved us time in the implementation part.
Step 1: We acknowledged that we had 25 minutes to plan what we were going to do. This step probably took the most out of our 25 minutes. We started brainstorming ideas on how to protect the egg. After considering various shapes and designs we settled on forming a mattress-like barrier object to place on the bottom of the egg.
Step 2: Since we did not have the actual straws in our possession yet we had to estimate the dimensions of the straws. We figured that we would use about 3-4 straws in forming the barrier. We also estimated that we could get about 3 layers out of these straws. We used a balled up piece of paper to simulate the egg's dimensions.
Step 3: Once we finished designing the barrier we had to come up with potential scenarios that would foil our design. One thing we considered was that the egg might roll after landing and so the sides needed to have some protection too. So we added something in our design to make up for that.
Step 4: We did not really assign specific job roles to our team members, everyone was allowed to contribute in whichever way.
Step 5: After we planned for 25 minutes we had 10 minutes to implement our design. This phase was really hectic as the 10 minutes seemed to go by so fast. We were able to finish before the deadline, and our group was the first to go. Our egg cracked, unfortunately. Whomever dropped the egg said that the egg survived initially but bounced and hit a weakspot.
Afterthoughts: I think our group did a good good overall. Our design might have succeeded 3 times out of 5, but we will never know. One thing we could have improved on was Step 4. We should have assigned specific roles to our members. That would have saved us time in the implementation part.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Experience In Japan
I was born in New York City and have lived here all my life. The first time I ever left this country was when I was 17. I was accepted into a foreign exchange program to go to Okinawa, Japan. You could say that I experienced culture shock, but in a good way. The fact that everything was so different just made me even more interested and observant. Japan's culture is very different from ours. One thing I noticed when I was going to the high school over there was that there was a big sense of unity among the students. For example, all the students wear school uniforms. Another thing is that they take care of the school by themselves. Students will stay after class to sweep the floors, mop, clean the bathrooms and etc. Even I had to partake in these duties some days.
There were also smaller differences that I had to learn, like general manners that were different. For example, you always see people eating on the run in New York. In Japan it is considered disrespectful to eat while walking, you should only eat while sitting down. I just had to learn these little differences over time. I enjoyed my experience in Japan, and I would like to visit other countries and learn how they differ from America too.
There were also smaller differences that I had to learn, like general manners that were different. For example, you always see people eating on the run in New York. In Japan it is considered disrespectful to eat while walking, you should only eat while sitting down. I just had to learn these little differences over time. I enjoyed my experience in Japan, and I would like to visit other countries and learn how they differ from America too.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
First Post
My name is Asif Baig. I am a junior at Baruch College, starting my third semester here. I am in the Zicklin School of Business majoring in Computer Information Systems. This Management class seems interesting so far and I am anxious to learn more about this subject.
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