Blog about a Blog

I really do like the entire blog idea for class assignments. I felt it was really cool to have this as our assignment instead of reading a book.

I don't know if I could say that communicating through the blog really extended into the classroom. Most of the people that I commented on or that commented on my posts, we haven't spoken outside of class or in class for that matter. It just felt more like we would talk here and only here.

I really enjoyed the aspect of sharing opinions regarding certain companies and management issues. I felt that it was a useful alternative to taking words out of the book and teaching it in class. Each person had their own unique niche of companies that they knew about and provided some insightful thoughts into their management issues. It was definitely a good breath of air to hear others opinions on certain topics and I think really fostered a better method of learning about the subjects. I can't really think of an idea to make it more dynamic. Possibly an extra post every so often about certain companies or opinion-based questions about companies of the student's choice that is more on the consumer view of things rather than digging up information or management things?

I think for the outside material we could've used more. Some of the material covered in the professor's blog was quite insightful and is a motive of inspiration. Not only that, it provides a view that is outside of a textbook, which is what we need more of. I think a hands-on, realistic look at management and just on things in general would be beneficial to class. Perhaps some real life examples or things of that sort.

I think I will post on this blog beyond the class. It was fun to do and being able to examine the little things of companies or management that we notice is cool. Rather than being a silent grunt in the workforce, it allows us to make a little noise, even if no one is really reading it.

I think the blog should remain part of the class. Networking, sharing thoughts, and learning at the same time was pretty nifty aspect of this blog. I think to improve it, there should be more assignments based off a real-life view/aspect of companies. One or two of the assignments were very "textbook-ish" such as the Porter's 5. I think some people learned a bit about companies that they never really thought about and also may have changed a bit of perspective in their thinking, which is a big plus. Some people tend to have this jaded idea that management is followed straight out of a textbook, but I think through more real-life blog posts, they come to realize that there's a lot of ways management works.

That concludes the blog posting required for the classes. I hope to see you all again and that we all learned something from sharing our thoughts and opinions with each other.