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Waste of Time, Effort, and Money
I find that often with mid-sized businesses on up, there’s a lot of wasted time and lost productivity, mainly due to multiple layers of management and departments. Things like status meetings and conference calls are held to update a bunch of people who add no value and can’t contribue to the process or task at hand. Those very same people don’t understand technical details but insist on being updated on them, even when said details won’t help them in decision-making. I often see excessive micro-management. Or maybe it’s just too much adherence to the status quo and traditional way of doing things in corporate environments. Or maybe it’s just incompetence.
The Brenda Clucas Hecht Business Award
I’ve been studying all day and about 30 minutes ago I awoke from an hour-long nap. I check my email and discover great news! My group won an award for an entrepreneurship course we took this semester (AEM 325). It was a lot of work but I learned so much and it has become one of my favorite classes.
Anyway, my group won the Brenda Clucas Hecht Business Award and each of us is getting a nice plaque and $300! Isn’t that awesome? I’m so happy, this news has made my semester. And it’s not about the money, it’s more about the recognition for the work we did, for which I’m really proud. I must also mention my hard-working group mates, Matt Nixon and Steve Yu. This really was a team effort and we did some outstanding work.
I’m in such a good mood now. What a nice day.