Monday, May 11, 2009

Management Poetry Slam

I am a Baruch Bearcat
who
takes management as a requirement
to
get my diploma which is a measurement
to
those who can better my employment
and
give me a job with some higher payment
that
will grow the levels on my bank statement
til
I can afford to move out of my tenement
without getting bailouts from the government.

You are Baruch Bearcats
who
make up a diverse student population
with
a stellar reputation
for
business plan formation
and
who will get hired in your chosen vocations
like
helping Wall Street firms avoid their dealer's license's revocation
for
some careless violation of an SEC regulation.

Professor Kurpis is a Baruch Professor
who
helps you get a degree like business administrator
while
in Math you learn to divide by using 'like' denominators
and
in English you study stories and points of view of their narrators
and
your psychology class teaches about passive-aggressive manipulators
and
your business law professor says you would make a terrific litigator
and
all these great orators go on-and-on until they need a respirator.

But this class, about Management Fundamentals
is
where you learn about the business world essentials
while
you get your undergrad credentials
and
gain lessons that will be influential
in
ensuring your success is monumental
so
when you drive a fancy car it will be yours, not just a rental
and
you can become self-actualized ladies and gentle-
men at Maslow's highest level

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Mike's evaluation of Communicating via Blog

I found value in the blog in the connections I made with classmates as far as discussing our thoughts on class topics in person that would never have been made without reading each other's blog entries. Several other possible connections were never made because I did not know which classmate was the blogger since there was no name or photo attached to the blog.
Someimes the blog got me to think about and share my perceptions about what we did in class and sometimes the blog was just another assignment to get done.
I didn't really use the professor's blog to learn about outside reading, although I definitely should have.
I don't think I will continue to post updates to my blog after this class has ended, but who knows... I will check back periodically and see whether there are updates from my classmates and respond to those and maybe put a couple of posts of my own.