5 April 2005 - Tuesday
"Real world" indeed
I am losing patience with the business half of my degree program. Now that I have shifted my career plans away from political science, the major doesn't make any sense except as a "backup plan" that will be worthless within very few years of graduation.
Today I made a B on a management exam. Studying for this exam involved (but was not limited to) going over incoherent PowerPoint files put together by the instructor. Here's an example slide:
Goals of Strategic Compensation PoliciesJust how does one motivate value of compensation? Or how does one pay for performance standard?* Linking Compensation to Organizational Objectives
* Pay for Performance Standard
* Motivating Value of Compensation
Another slide includes a helpful clip-art graphic of a woman writing something on a piece of paper. The entire text of that slide is as follows:
Administering Incentive PlansThat is so enlightening I could squeal.Incentive
Motivation
Standards
To think of all the time I could have spent taking real courses . . . .
| Posted by Wilson at 12:07 Central | TrackBack| Report submitted to the Education Desk
Would you want to think of it as an anthropological study of alien thought forms?
The thoughts of Mom on 5 April 2005 - 15:11 Central+ + + + +
Real world...let's see here...
I worked for IBM for a while, and after 7 months I was fed up with Managementspeak and Marketingspeak. Forgive me for coining words, but I think it gets the point across. The stuff you're "learning" in those classes are not just inane on paper (or powerpoint as the case might be)...
Now where's my daily dose of Dilbert?
The thoughts of Gillis on 6 April 2005 - 8:59 Central+ + + + +
Heh Heh Heh ... Aww ... wittle Wilson's intewigence is being insuwted! I laugh. =D
The thoughts of MiE on 9 April 2005 - 14:40 Central+ + + + +
Fowtunatewy, miss, I beat you to that punch. If thewe's any pwogwam I make mowe fun of than teachew education, it's business management -- wawgewy because, as you may note, I've eawned the wight.
The thoughts of Wilson on 9 April 2005 - 16:13 Central+ + + + +
Heh heh heh, again. : )
The thoughts of MiE on 10 April 2005 - 1:17 Central+ + + + +
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Wow, I thought my classes were bad. Hehe, just think how confused you could have been with out the handy graphics
The thoughts of Jenny on 5 April 2005 - 12:31 Central+ + + + +