Motivation

When employees are not trained well in order to get their tasks done, they feel the job is too difficult to them and struggle. Good working conditions are also important to them. They want a safe work place and job security, otherwise, the job is just too hard for them.

When employees are responsible to their job, but are working in a difficult condition, they are hardly satisfied. They might be afraid of losing their job. The only thing that keeps them working would be job security, high wages or just their responsibility for the job. Even though they feel this is a hard job, they need it to live. I believe these hard workers are very responsible for their tasks, and even more, they achieve to master.

Employees who are satisfied with their work are very helpful. They are highly motivated because they have all needs of job satisfaction that make them proud for their work. They are skilled, secured, and well paid. They have built a good relationship with colleagues and employers. Since they are satisfied workers, they work hard and help each other, but do not bring so much stress on themselves. Every environment around them satisfies them and motivates them to create good products.

If I am a manager and want to make my subordinates satisfied with their work, I would first make a good work condition and keep a close relationship with them. I would like them to feel comfortable to talk with me when they face a difficult situation. Then I would try to maximize expectancy. I believe it is important for them to improve and keep up efforts of work. Also I would clarify the rules and policies, which would make them understand about the regulations.

individual behavior

I would like my boss to understand “Fundamental attribution error (Tendency to blame someone else when things go wrong”). As a manager he/she must have motivation to lead other team members, but also be able to handle the pressure in order to make the project complete. Fundamental attribution error occurs when the manager thinks that the project process doesn’t go through well because there is a member who has no experience and doesn’t perform well. Even though this person is new to the company and doesn’t have much experience, the boss should understand the situation. People tend to be stressed out when they are in a negative situation. Managers should not blame their team members, but should give feedback to help them to improve their performance. When managers can think about how they would feel in that same situation happens to them, they might be able to perform better for their members.

leadership

Ed Whitacre became a CEO of General Motors in 2009. He was a former executive of AT&T. When he became a CEO of GM, he had no experiences related to the auto industry. However, the company wanted him to join the GM board because the company thought his experience from a fast changing industry, which is AT&T could bring him fresh knowledge and a new perspective to implement successful changes in GM. Usually we think that a CEO should have more experiences and knowledge about the industry in order to perform well.  However, it is not necessary because when a company choses new CEO from a different type of organization, he or she is expected to make huge change of a company with new ideas in order to perform better with new strategy. Where a CEO of a company preforms poorly, the new CEO can change previous performance easily without following the plans of the previous CEO.  Having CEOs from different organizations brings companies a new outlook. According to MIT Sloan Management Review, outsider CEOs- who are less tied up with internal political relationships face fewer obstacles in pursing the entrepreneurial decision making needed for growth and for implementing crucial strategic changes in a timely manner. This indicates that even though they do not have much experience of organizations, they can propose efficient and wider vision of strategy because they have plans and goals to make huge changes in companies. In addition, if a company makes a new executive group, these executives do not have negative previous experiences and strategies, thus they are able to start with clear mind and come up with new ideas.

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-summer/53408/when-is-an-outsider-ceo-a-good-choice/

HRM

When I was working in this small company, I always encountered difficult situations at work. Since I knew the president of the company before entering the company, he offered me a job and I accepted the offer. So I did not have an interview. He put me in the small office with an older woman who was my manager. There were always only two of us in the office most of the time. People thought I was lucky because I got the job easily. The other people had to have an interview to enter the company, the president never treated me as any different after starting working. I was glad he treated all company members equally, but the manager did not like the fact that I entered the company because I knew the president for a long time. I was responsible, learned things very quickly, and did the tasks efficiently. However, she always judged me and complained I did not work hard. When I had family emergency or got sick, and was not able to go to work, she was very angry and thought I lied to her. I figured it out later but she reported her complaints to the president all the time. I felt very uncomfortable being in the same office with her and got very nervous to talk to her as well. Then, another company member realized something was going on between her and I, she helped me to work at a different office where I had to learn completely different tasks from my previous work. In fact, I did not have many things to do at the new office. I got bored and quit this job shortly after.

I think this could have been avoided if….

·      I had an interview, and talked with the manager before I started working with her, she may have known my personality or integrity more, and could have improved performance.

·      the company had solid management plans to train employees. Since it was a new and very small company, the company did not have many experiences and did not know how to develop the quality workforces.

·      we both could have communicated better and got along with eachother because there were only two of us worked together for one specific task. There was a lack of socialization between my manager and I.

Career Planning

My top three career objectives for the next five years are…

·      To obtain knowledge and skills which help me to be a professional

·      To complete my education in Master of Science in Business administration

·      To seek an entry-revel position with a opportunities for career growth

I identify myself as a challenging person. My personal goal makes me achieve to study and work hard. I had some work experiences back in my country, but I never thought these jobs would be my permanent occupation. So finding an interest in studying business has changed my mind. Having a future dream achieves me a lot. Also I am good at time management. It is very important since I have a busy schedule every day. I assume having an ability of time management would be very important for professionals. However there are some negative aspects of myself. Even though I understand that several skills are needed to reach my goal, I have difficulties to accomplish them sometimes. For example, I am not good at speak up in front of people, or I always take more time to come up with ideas than others when the professor asks questions in class. When the things do not go through as I hope to be, I easily feel disappointed in myself. Another my negative aspect is that I am not hundred percent sure what I want to be after graduating the collage. My plan is still dim, so  I need to find out what company I want to work for.

In regard to lack of oral communication skill, the first thing I must do is to visit ESL lab and a tutor to practice. This would help me to be more confident and relaxed when I have to give presentations or debates. Another thing I have to continue is to keep my GPA higher than 3.2. I believe it can be an advantage when I look for a job. I should started thinking about the internship soon, but I have not researched about it at all yet and have no idea where I should start from. So I also need to find out what steps I have to take. I also think making a connection with people who work at a field where I would like to get in would bring me opportunities to find a position at their company. Fortunately I have many opportunities to meet people work in finance, accounting, or other business field. Even though it is not directly related to getting a job, I till can have good opportunity to talk with them and sell myself.

2015 Summer	Receiving BBA
2015 Fall	Starting MBA program and Internship
2017	Complete MBA
2017	Starting my career