Midterm Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. In my last blog I left all of you with a question. The question asked, “What is the difference between a manager and a leader?” Well the answer I gave my professor was this, “A manager is someone who can plan, organize resources and achieve goals. A leader is someone who can designate responsibility and is willing to let another team player take the spotlight from time to time. Some managers are bad leaders because they fear that if they designate responsibilities and be sometimes a servant leader they may be out of a job because someone out performed them. I think a good manager has to have the ability to do both.”
What do you guys think of my answer? Do you guys agree or disagree? My Management Professor thanked me for the insight and liked it.
Anyway to bring everyone up to speed with what has been going on in my life both inside and outside of Berkeley, this week is midterm week. I cannot believe that half of my first semester here has already gone by. More-over I can’t believe it is the middle of February. So far I have only taken one midterm and that was in CIS 120 Spreadsheets and Database Management. It was a relatively easy exam with some tricky stuff but I figured it out. Next midterm up is my Accounting 101 midterm which I should do well on because it is all multiple choices or multiple guess as I always say. I may suggest to the professor about doing it differently next time but let me see how the midterm goes first. I have done a paper in my Saturday class and got an A and I have another due this week. I don’t know how I will find the time but I got to do it.
Management has been a fun class and I suggest for those who have to take it take it with Dr. Mazzarese. He is a very thought provoking professor and keeps the class very alive and interesting. He doesn’t just settle with the correct answer but wants to go deeper into how we arrived at that answer. Like for instance for the past two weeks we have been discussing business ethics and social responsibility. The professor posed this question that I now pose to you, “What is your definition of ethics and social responsibility and how do you believe it applies to business and your own career goals?” This is a very interesting question because a lot of people these days will substitute their own morals and beliefs for the almighty dollar. Most of the time it is big companies that put these people in these positions but enough on my opinions I want to hear yours so post back.
Well enough about Academia lets move on to the Rebecca Corner. That’s right everyone I hope to end every post with an update about my little one. Since she is consistently do something new every day it seems, I should have plenty to write about. My little one is now 8.5 months and very, very energetic. She loves to crawl around and walk and explorer. My mother-in-law watches her and she loves to stare into the turtle tank and yell at the poor turtle. I think that turtle has learned to hide when he hears her coming. We are currently trying to teach her how to answer the question, “How old will you be in may?” Sometimes she put up one finger to signify her age but she hasn’t quite got it down completely. As she continues to observe I am more and more worried that she is going to be smarter than her daddy. It’s good as long as my wife and I raise her not to be arrogant as some people with higher intelligence can be.
Well that is all until next time. Remember to answer the question on business ethics and social responsibility. Any questions you have for me do not hesitate to post and I will try and check back as often as I can. Later everyone.