Week 7

The podcast I selected is one created by WMU's Arts and Sciences Department. This podcast is for college freshman who need to understand general education requirements. Every University has a general education curriculum and students will not graduate without fulfilling them. This would be an effective podcast during freshman orientation. The Arts and Sciences Advising Office has this podcast and other's available on their website. Students are usually confused on the rules of general education requirements. This podcast explains it very well and students will be more apt to watch this on their ipod then to sit and listen to a person. Students can download this podcast and when they need the information, it will be at their fingertips and in the most updated version. This would also be helpful to helicopter parents that want to follow their college student's education and help them pick out their general education courses (and this does happen).





Reflections for Week 7 (chapter 14)

Ideas from Chapter 14 that apply to my job as an academic advisor are:
Vision--to achieve through people successful accomplishments that are cost effective and efficient. We guide the students through the degrees offered.

Mission--To be recognized as a leader in high quality business education that meets the technological, innovative and ethical challenges of the global environment.

Desired end--to see our students graduate with a 4 year degree and have a fulfilling career and life.

The idea of being a lifelong learner really applied. I agree that life long learning is a necessity for both worker and organizational survival. With instructional technology we all learn more effectively and efficiently in today's workplace.

I also believe in incentives (monetary and non-monetary) along with career development opportunities to improve human performance. The human resources (HR) department is one of the most important departments in an organization. The field of HR has grown in recent years. I have seen the Human Resources Major in the College of Business become more popular and more and more students are going into the field. Many students who go into HR also earn psychology minors or double major in both. People's behaviors at work effect the work environment and it is important to understand how and why people react the way they do.

Not only does the USA want to achieve workplace success, many other countries also are looking for ways to achieve a happy and efficient place of employment.














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