Skills Assessment

              In week one of the internship I assessed my skills in the various areas that I felt applied to my past experience, current experience, and what I thought would be the necessary skills as a consultant.  These skills are things that I felt would be important to the success of my future career endeavors.  My observation from week one to week two has changed coming into week five.  The original skills inventory included forty-five items in the skills and abilities areas.  Coming into week five and completing the skills assessment this list is shorter and only has twenty-three skills listed.  This list of skills represents the skills needed for my current position of a Team Lead and according to O*Net, will assist me with a goal of becoming a Director of Admissions. This list focuses more on the necessary skills needed to perform the jobs duties for both fields. 

            The skills that were unchanged from week two to week five were the following items.  Active listening, critical thinking, writing, management of personnel resources, speaking, judgement and decision making, coordination, time management, monitoring, active learning, instructing, complex problem solving, mathematics, management of material resources, oral comprehension, oral expression, problem sensitivity, speech clarity, written comprehension, written expression, and fluency of ideas. 

            The changes that have been experienced from week two to week five is that there is more reading comprehension, due to working in a virtual setting the primary source of communication is through emails from upper management, two teams of consultants, and for client updates on projects or revisions.  Information ordering is a skill that was not a necessity in week two.  During week five I was in a new position of

             Team Lead for two teams, and information ordering played a major role in requesting updates on client projects, being copied on emails going out to clients, weekly deliverables, and hour’s updates to ensure consultants meet the hour’s requirements.  In addition, selective attention is a new skill that I used during week five in order to meet client deadlines, time sensitive projects, and reviewing weekly accomplishments, billable hours, and weekly task sheets.  In a leadership or management position this skill is important when working with a group of people.  The skills accomplishment sheet was shorted that the skills inventory, But I believe that these are the skills that benefit me in my current role, and based on O*Net it will assist me in my future career goals.

           

Seminar Alternate Assignment

Seminar Alternate Assignment

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As the seminar began, you started off saying how unit 8 is about distribution.  You stated how we would be able to relate to it better once we figured out who we are as consumers.  We must read chapter 13 and 14 in our text books which is lengthy totaling 60 pages.  You discussed how we could use the books with audio, as some are better are being visual and audio learners such as yourself.  You stated that we should do the beat the clock games and asked if they were working for any of us.  I kind of felt bad because I do not really have time to ever do them but I see that some of the others don’t, as well.  You went over the discussion board and what we needed to do.  We are to choose two retailers to visit and choose which one whom we shall purchase from.  You gave us permission to look up to retailer stores online if we did not have the time to go out and visit one.  You went on to discuss our assignment and what should be completed on template 1 and 2.  You discussed our assignment and how we are to watch two videos.  We are to answer all questions and it could be a lot of work.  You prefer quality on this assignment and encourages us to give it so even if more time is needed.  You went on to discuss chapter 13.  You went over the different possible chain of events that could occur uses a cow scenario.  The manufacturers are basically at the top of the chain.  You went over the supply chain

and how to obtain a greater one.  You discussed that a lot of this interaction happens through technology and how necessary it is today.  You went over external, internal interrogation and customer interrogation.  Some of the students briefly discussed some of things that they could not live without.  You went back to discussing the reading material.  You went over customer relationships and retaining a customer.  You went over customer fulfillment and how it sometimes can be difficult.  You went over manufactures need to know their demand.  You discussed the supplier and how the relationship should be mutual beneficial.  You discussed how that relationship should always has a check on all aspects, every so often checking the price.  You discussed product development and commercialization.  You gave an example and discussed warranties and guarantees. 

                                                                        References

Lamb, C. W., Hair, J. F., & McDaniel, C. (2014). MKTG7. Mason, OH: Cengage.

 

How much time should my child spend in front of the screen?

Screen Time, Quality VS Quan􏰀ty 

Recently, "The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)", changed their recommenda tions on the amount of screen (e that it would suggest for a child under two (previously it was no screen (e at all based on recommenda tions).  According to this ar cle from parents.com, here are some of the AAP's sugges tions: 

 ♥ Treat media as you would any other environment in your child's life. The same parent ing rules apply in both real and virtual environments. Set limits; kids need and expect them. Know their friends, both online and off. Know what plaHorms they are using, where they are going and what they are doing.

Like Water for Chocolate Book Summary

Like Water for Chocolate Book Summary

The number-one bestseller in Mexico in 1990, like Water for chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with bittersweet moments of magic and sensuality. Evocative of How to make and American Quilt in structure, Tampopo in it’s celebration of food, and Heartburn in its irony and wit, it is a lively and funny tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico.

The narrator’s great-aunt Tita is the youngest of three daughters born to Mama Elena, the Tyrannical owner of the De la Garza ranch. While still in her mother’s womb, she wept so violently-as her mother chopped onions-that she caused Mama Elena to begin early labor, and Tita slipped out in the middle of the kitchen table, amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon became a way of life, and Tita grew up to be a master chef. Each chapter of the novel begins with one of Tita’s recipes and her careful instructions for preparation.

In well-born Mexican families, tradition dicates that the youngest daughter not marry, but remain at home to care for her mother. Even though tita fallen in .love, Mama Elena chooses not to make an exception, and instead, arranges for Tita’s older sister to marry Tita’s young man.

In order to punish Tita for her willfulness, Mama Elena forces her to bake the wedding cake. The bitter tears Tita weeps while stirring the batter provoke a remarkable reaction among the guests who eat the cake. It is then that it first becomes apparent that her culinary talents are unique.

Laura Esquivel’s voice is direct, simple, and compelling. She has written a fresh and innovative novel, brining her own inimitable strengths to a classic love story.

Originally a screenwriter, Laura Esquivel’s screenplay Chido One was nominated for the Ariel Award for best screenplay by the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures. This year, the film version of like water for Chocolate swept the awards, winning eleven in all, including one for Ms. Esquivel’s screenplay. She lives in Mexico with her husband and children.