Journal
John Glenn
American Visions and Values LA-400
November 15, 2007
Well the Signature Series is done and it has been a very interesting program. I have enjoyed the program for the most part. This series of classes was a required part of my degree program and I believe that it was a time well spent. The text for the classes was well done and it had some great readings in it. I believe that University requires it for the history and the values that it teaches. It brings up some great issues that are not usually covered in the core classes.
I was very surprised by the wide range of topics that were covered in the program. It was interesting to read the responses that some of the other students wrote to the discussion board. You could see a wide variety of personalities with what people submitted. This will help me in my management career with dealing with a variety of co-workers that I will be working with.
I was able to relate with a majority of the readings that we had because of the values and traditions that we read about. I really enjoyed that part of the readings to look back through history and see how our values were formed as a young country. In my professional life, I hold the same values true, as I do in my personal life.
I hope I was able to contribute different views to some of the discussions that were brought to the discussion board. I believe the best thing I bring to these type of programs is a enthusitic attitude about learning new material.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Week Eleven
Journal
John Glenn
American Visions and Values LA-400
November 12, 2007
Week eleven is coming to a close and week twelve is beginning and is it ever going to be busy. With the two big projects due, it is going to keep us busy. The capstone thesis has been a fairly straight forward assignment. I have been getting my buns kicked by the Photoshop software, by we'll get it done.
The readings this week were interesting ones, the two I especially enjoy was "America The Unusual" and An American Morality Tale. When it came to the first one, it was interesting to see some of the comments that came from the questions regarding the, if the government should be involved in the fight against pollution and global warming. My opinion was that it would probably be the only way to get anything accomplished in this area. We have seen that so far it is not happening with just some parts of the population involved in the idea. It just seems we better do something soon or it will be to late.
On the other reading it was interesting to see some of the "morality tales" that people had from their youth. You could see a small glimpse on how some people were raised and the morals they were brought up with. I really enjoyed some of the stories, especially some of the family stories that they shared.
John Glenn
American Visions and Values LA-400
November 12, 2007
Week eleven is coming to a close and week twelve is beginning and is it ever going to be busy. With the two big projects due, it is going to keep us busy. The capstone thesis has been a fairly straight forward assignment. I have been getting my buns kicked by the Photoshop software, by we'll get it done.
The readings this week were interesting ones, the two I especially enjoy was "America The Unusual" and An American Morality Tale. When it came to the first one, it was interesting to see some of the comments that came from the questions regarding the, if the government should be involved in the fight against pollution and global warming. My opinion was that it would probably be the only way to get anything accomplished in this area. We have seen that so far it is not happening with just some parts of the population involved in the idea. It just seems we better do something soon or it will be to late.
On the other reading it was interesting to see some of the "morality tales" that people had from their youth. You could see a small glimpse on how some people were raised and the morals they were brought up with. I really enjoyed some of the stories, especially some of the family stories that they shared.
Well off to week number twelve, it is hard to believe that the program is coming to a end. It seems that it went by very quickly. This gets closer to the degree that I have been chasing for many years.......
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
WOW WEEK TEN !!
Journal
John Glenn
American Visions and Values LA-400
November 6, 2007
And away we go....... I have been in school now for the past fifteen months and I see the light at the end of the tunnel. The best part is it is not a train for a change!! It is a little early to start celebrateing yet, but boy is it hard not to just let loose. Two more weeks and my time at Bellevue University will be accomplished. This has been a very rewarding time for me since I was one of those kids in high school that worried about even passing a class. Now I get upset if I do not get an A on an assignment. I should be a poster child for going to college when you have had sometime to mature. Maybe not quite so mature, but a little older in life. Some of us it just takes a little longer to "grow up".
Well enough about me, the readings this week were very interesting. My favorite was from "Other People's Money" by Jerry Sterner. With the reading and the and the short video of Danny DeVito playing the part of Garfinkle on You Tube. It is increbile the range of emotions you feel during his speech. At first you want to lynch the guy, but after you think about the situation that the company is in and what the true under lying issues are you see his point. As much as you hate to say it in most cases stockholders are there to make profits on their investments. His job is to see that they make money and that he makes money on the deal. I guess, in this day and age that is what is all about, sorry to say. You can see this in the corporate world we live in now. It is not as much about a quality product, but how much money can we make on the product. I did my capstone project from my last program about Ford Motor Corporation, and you look at where they began to where they are today it is sad. Henry Ford would roll over in his grave to see what happen to his baby..
Looking at some of the other readings from this week we see Milton Friedman speaking about how the only reason a company exist is to make money. His theory that corporations has no social responsibility to the public, but they are there strickly to earn income for their investors. I had read this before and it is as dispictible everytime that you read it. I grew up in a small farm town in Nebraska and think about some buisnesses that my parent's did business with. If all of them would have had that same attitude then we would have had a lot harder time making ends meet. I think corporations are there to make money, that is a given, but should it be at a cost of the public from having a decent life?
Well another busy weeks, but we are almost there!!!!
John Glenn
American Visions and Values LA-400
November 6, 2007
And away we go....... I have been in school now for the past fifteen months and I see the light at the end of the tunnel. The best part is it is not a train for a change!! It is a little early to start celebrateing yet, but boy is it hard not to just let loose. Two more weeks and my time at Bellevue University will be accomplished. This has been a very rewarding time for me since I was one of those kids in high school that worried about even passing a class. Now I get upset if I do not get an A on an assignment. I should be a poster child for going to college when you have had sometime to mature. Maybe not quite so mature, but a little older in life. Some of us it just takes a little longer to "grow up".
Well enough about me, the readings this week were very interesting. My favorite was from "Other People's Money" by Jerry Sterner. With the reading and the and the short video of Danny DeVito playing the part of Garfinkle on You Tube. It is increbile the range of emotions you feel during his speech. At first you want to lynch the guy, but after you think about the situation that the company is in and what the true under lying issues are you see his point. As much as you hate to say it in most cases stockholders are there to make profits on their investments. His job is to see that they make money and that he makes money on the deal. I guess, in this day and age that is what is all about, sorry to say. You can see this in the corporate world we live in now. It is not as much about a quality product, but how much money can we make on the product. I did my capstone project from my last program about Ford Motor Corporation, and you look at where they began to where they are today it is sad. Henry Ford would roll over in his grave to see what happen to his baby..
Looking at some of the other readings from this week we see Milton Friedman speaking about how the only reason a company exist is to make money. His theory that corporations has no social responsibility to the public, but they are there strickly to earn income for their investors. I had read this before and it is as dispictible everytime that you read it. I grew up in a small farm town in Nebraska and think about some buisnesses that my parent's did business with. If all of them would have had that same attitude then we would have had a lot harder time making ends meet. I think corporations are there to make money, that is a given, but should it be at a cost of the public from having a decent life?
Well another busy weeks, but we are almost there!!!!
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