Goodbye Fall 2010

The semester has come to an end, and it's time to say farewell. It has been a very stressful, but also truly educating and interesting fall. In my business communication class we finished our semester with a big research project. Me and Nathalie Hildingsson, decided to research the issues of globalization regarding fair reward systems. It was an interesting research which resulted in a model, called Mixentralization, that we believe can be a valuable tool for companies.

The research paper has been a valuable project both for my learning and future references. It has been interesting to research different cultures and behaviors, and I am surprised with how much I acctually didn't know about differences around our globe.

To read our entire report, follow this link. (Please download it as a word document since the format in the Google document does not fully support our research. Download as a word file in the upper left in the Google document)

 Also, to your left you can find my resume and cover letter

Thank you for this semester, and who knows-
maybe I'll be back in the Spring!!

Best Regards

Beatrice Enckell

Finals

Teachers are often talking about time management. If we are able to manage our time, we will also be able to manage our school work. Okey, sounds fair enough. However, sometimes it feels like my teachers are gathering together to make it as hard as possible. For example, I have two weeks of no homeworks or exams, and then the following two weeks I have three exams. Thank you!

Even worse is during finals. In the time spam of six days (finals on Saturday), I have four exams; one essay, and two quizzes. Not to mention the following three days where I have an additional of three exams, one research paper and two assignments. The school is overwhelming. I come to school at eight a clock in the mornings and I leave at the earliest at eight in the evenings.

So my question is why? Why are my teachers doing this to me? Is it a  try for the real world? Do they want me to know what stress really means? If so, I promise, I know now!

I am not here to complain, I take one step at the time and I know Christmas is coming up, I can see the light. I know I will make it and when it's over I can be proud of myself. However, I do think that teachers need to come up with a better system where the students are able to provide their work in a fair time manner.

Presentation

Yesterday, me and Nathalie presented our project about our recommendation report to the class. The day before our presentation, I found a video of culture differences that I thought would work with our presentation. It seemed like most people in the class enjoyed the short movie. Instead of introducing the video, I think it would probably been gaining more attention from the audience without an introduction.

Even though English is not our main language, neither me or Nathalie find it difficult to speak in front of an audience. However, I do get nervous. When I present in English I want to be well prepared in order to use a professional language. By standing in front of the audience my nervousness sometimes make it hard to come up with the right words to use. I feel that I could have been more prepared of my presentations and been presenting in a more professional manner. However, I provided the class with all the information I wanted to share, and our time was well planned.

Overall I am satisfied with our presentation and I feel that me and Nathalie are presenting well together.