What I Learned About Management

Returning from a life in the military to life as a civilian trying to complete college is vastly different and can be challenging transition for many.

37.|The “Big Five” personality trait that reflects the degree to which someone is good-natured, cooperative, and trusting is considered __________.|

I never planned on doing any sort of military service growing up. I was in grade school during the Viet Nam War and it was just one of those things that really didn't encourage most kids to grow up looking to serve their country just because of all the negativity that surrounded it. I played baseball in high school and always felt like there was a better chance that I would play at least in the minor leagues. During my senior year my friends convinced me to play football and a knee injury pretty much ended any sort of athletic career I had dreamed of. Even after this I still never even considered military service as an option. I was a pretty good student and was actually good at math so I figured I would go to college and get some sort

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My seven and a half years in the Army were well worth my time, and I am a proud veteran of the United States. After my sixth year in the Army, I decided that I have served enough and I needed to move closer to my family. I have satisfied my want to travel both near and far. My academic journey was not easy, but unique to me. I will never forget the first time I received a low GPA and failed my first class. It did not stop me from pursuing an education, instead it was a learning lesson. I took every negative outcome and turned it into a positive one. I became desperately devoted to my education because I saw knowledge as the key to freeing myself from the chains of

From a young age, I was raised not to quit, never give up on my dreams, or my future. In order to succeed in life I must give everything I have for the things that mean the most. I was taught that nothing worth having in life is easy. I agree with President Theodore Roosevelt’s quote “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” I understand the hard work that a cadet must put in at a Military Academy. I have spent my High School career preparing myself for a very grueling academic and physical path to my future. There is nothing I want more than to attend a United States Military Academy and serve my

I did not want to go to college. Originally, I wanted to graduate highschool, and enlist into the Marine Corps at eighteen. That seemed to be the end goal in my life, and had been my dream for years. As my eighteenth birthday rolled around, and after many visits to Marine Recruiting Offices, I figured my life was set before me and everything was smooth sailing from there. I knew exactly what MO I wanted, how many years I would be in, and what I would do after the Corps. I decided I would get a Mechanical Engineering degree as soon as I had had enough of the adrenaline rush that came with the Marines. All of a sudden, everything changed. I recieved a call from a college wrestling coach, saying he wanted to discuss scholarships. Then I began to get looks from other coaches. I realized that maybe college was an option after all. So I began the process of applying,

So when I turned eighteen, I and some of my classmates flew to the neighboring island to see the United States Army Recruiter. My recruiter showed me a video of what an infantryman does and I was sold, then told him that this is the perfect job for me. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. It was hard for my parents to accept that I was joining the Army, especially my mom, all she could think of was that I was going to war and bad things could happen to me. She didn’t want me to experience that kind of life and she couldn’t bear the thought of losing one of her own children. So the day I flew off to basic I told my parents, “Everything will be fine trust me”. This was my first time leaving the islands and being away from my family for a good while. So myself and two of my buddies started basic training together, we stuck together as soon as we got to 30th AG. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into I have never seen so many different people in one area. I have never experienced being away on my own for the first time, I had no clue what was going on. I wanted to give up and quit, but I told myself no! I cannot go back home as a quitter, ever since then, my motivation that kept me going was my family and friends, I wanted them to be proud of who I’ve become. I graduated basic training February 2005 with Fort Campbell

I spent hours looking at all of the service academies, researching and discovering what a life after the service academy would be like. I looked at what being an officer meant, the responsibilities that i would have, the men that i would lead, and the men that i would follow. I read about career oppurtunities and the strengths of the academic programs that would me to be successful both during and after a military career. I discovered that my high aspirations for being an officer in the miitary were more reachable than i thought, but it would take a lt of hard work. I presented the school to my parents, neither of them military, but both having fathers in the military, and they were instantly very supportive of me. The summer following my sophomore year my family and i took a trip up to Annapolis to take a tour of the campus to see if it is where i actually wanted to go. While touring i felt like it was were i belonged and I almost refused to leave, but i knew that i had to go home and do my best in everything i did. While on the campus for a week long Navy track and field camp, i noticed that there was a sense of a bond very similar to that of a

In the fall of my senior year of high school, I went through the rigorous process of applying to the United States Air Force Academy. Despite my best efforts, I found out that I had been disqualified from consideration to the academy. This discouraged me greatly for a while, but I eventually began considering my other options. I chose to enlist in the U.S. Air Force as a reservist so I could attend college full time the next year. After graduating from Air Force basic military training, I felt that I was again on the path of being a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. I realized that although my plans did not work out, I have grown more resilient as the result of my setback. Even though there will be many more obstacles in my life, I will never lose sight of my goals.

A college education is an essential step towards a successful military career. To some enlisted members, continuing or starting a college education may seem difficult to do. My decision to continue a college education was easy. Being stationed at an Air Base for a year has given me an opportunity to do so without being sidetracked by some of life’s daily responsibilities. Since it is an unaccompanied tour and I have no choice but to live in dorms, going to college is much easier then back in the states. Being stationed here has given me great opportunity to dedicate all my free time towards a college degree. After going to the Education Center I was very pleased. Right now the Air Force will pay one hundred percent of my college tuition

Before this class, I had a very primitive and vague definition of leadership. Not only did I define it as per my views and ideologies, but I also said that each individual has their own definition of leadership. My initial belief was that leadership does not have a clear cut definition, but there were well defined leadership traits which made an individual. I also initially believed that personal traits did not translate into leadership traits with no strong correlation. After going through the various modules this class offered, it is safe to say that I have significantly redefined leadership and underwent a strong personal assessment. This paper talks what I took back from each of the class activities, assignments and how my self-assessment compares to the perception of others.

Over the past hundred years management has continuously been evolving. There have been a wide range of approaches in how to deal with management or better yet how to improve management functions in our ever changing environment. From as early as 1100 B.C managers have been struggling with the same issues and problems that manager's face today. Modern managers use many of the practices, principles, and techniques developed from earlier concepts and experiences.

We cannot leave our discussion of the value of studying management without looking at the rewards and challenges of being a manager. What does it mean to be a manager? Being a manager in today\ 's dynamic work place provides many challenge.

Management skills can be sub-divided into numerous skills, the combination of which would lead to efficient management of an organization and faithful development of true management and leadership skills. The chart below provides an overview of these various skills: