2012년 11월 25일 일요일

individual behavior

Obviously, all the five traits for managers and bosses are extremely important. Although they are very important I want to say that agreeableness is the most important trait from the five traits. Honestly, agreeing with people, sharing and communicating with each other can improve much better quality of work. People tend to agree but on the inside they always have something else in their mind. So sometimes, managers and boss agree to you and say that is a good idea but truthfully they don’t unless it is very good. Agreeing, knowing how to admit will make employees and employer relationships much better. 

2012년 11월 16일 금요일

Leadership!


There are so many different kinds of leaders in our society, but can an outstanding leader in one organization move into an entirely different organization and still be an outstanding leader?  In my opinion, I don't think outstanding leader in one organization move into an entirely different organization and still be an outstanding leader. Leaders may have characteristics to become a leader but if you look at it differently, leaders also need enough knowledge and experience. Overall I'm saying that it depends on the situation.

I will share my own experience.  When I’m in school or at work, people see me as I am not the type of a person who would become a leader of the group. That’s true because I do nothing to become a leader of the group due to my shyness and my thought. I think that it is unnecessary for me to step up because I am not good at this. On the other hand, I am the leader of my church because I have more knowledge and experience. I am always confident about what I do.  I specialized in Drums and flute. I know how to play guitar, piano, bass and sing. I know what to say and I know what to do since I have been to so many services, events, concerts and more. Except some pastors and some adults, I know most of the church stuff that I am never shy and afraid of making mistakes. I am not bragging but people do ask me to become the leader of their group.    

Just like the example of my experience, outstanding leaders cannot become outstanding leaders in an entirely different field. People may look up to you and respect you, but if you do not have the skills, then that is not an outstanding leader. Just like the Path-goal theory, leaders should guide people to achieve their goal and if leaders do not have enough knowledge and experience, then the achievement of the goal might be impossible. 

2012년 11월 6일 화요일

HRM


Discrimination is a serious problem around the world. Everyone thinks that discrimination should be solved but apparently, everybody unintentionally discriminates people in society. Although I am Korean, I am going to criticize some Korean companies due to their extreme discrimination in their work places. I will not reveal the name of that company but this is from my work experience.

Usually there are three processes that you have to go through in order for applicants to get hired in the company. First, you need to file the application second, after they put you into the system, you need to take the exam for that company. Third, you need to get an interview with the people who are in the higher system of the company. You get an interview with a group of people (5persons at a time). They ask you random question. Luckily, I had a chance to make it to that interview. While I was waiting for an interview I made a friend who was in the same group. We shared our experience and scores that we had in our past such as SAT score, school GPA, activities and more. In my mind I realized that she didn’t have enough experience nor her scores were lower than mine. During the interview, one of the employers asked her a question how she made it up to the final level with the beautiful looks. He thought that all the beautiful women are not smart enough, and told her that she broke his stereotype. People thought he was joking. After several weeks, I found out that she was the only one who got accepted in our group.

In my opinion, this is discrimination. Even in the current society, many people suffer from this kind of discrimination in Korea. This might be a problem from other countries but since I had this experience in Korea I targeted Korean Companies. Also, we can easily find this in movies where guys are rude to unattractive ladies but are very nice to the more appealing ladies.

In order to solve this kind of problem, people should segregate men and women into separate rooms. For an example, women employers should only interview women and the men should only interview men. In our society we should reinforce the law so that people can have equal chances, such as getting caught by hiring women or men regardless of their experience should be fired by the company. In addition, I think it’s a good idea if you put 360degree feed backs even in the process of getting in to the company. The company should add an activity in one of the processes and collect feedbacks from members. This can provide detailed information about different aspects from many people. If discrimination were banned in the company, I could’ve made it in to that company. I wouldn’t have felt so angry even though I failed to get hired by the company.