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Today we took a trip to Pella, IA where we visited the Pella Corporation. We had different speakers talk about the company and the progress of it. I enjoyed learning about a company that I am familiar with and its products. I like that it was not a formal corporate environment but rather an close knit corporation that has a lot of respect for its workers and customers. After the speakers we embarked on a business simulation with Dan Topf. We paired up in to teams of three and had different positions to fill for our company. I was apart of the Epsilon Food company and I took the operating director position. I was in charge of directing the simulation and controlling the computer actions. I must admit when I first approached this session I had no idea what a simulation was and I was nervous considering the fact I have no experience with certain business terms.
Walking away from this experience I am very proud at my effort to engage myself into this activity, knowing the fears I had going into it. I learned that if I just apply myself and work with my teammates, that I could contribute more than I expected. My strengths worked with my teammates strengths to strategize and make decisions. Our team walked away with 3rd place in the simulation and I walked away learning how to strategize with a team. I loved how our team worked together to make decisions. The only thing I think we did wrong was launching the Pizza company instead of building on the big one we already had. I think we could have analyzed the information that was given about each company and then made more accurate approaches to deciding which ones to launch. Overall it was a fun, exciting and somewhat of a rush experience that I enjoyed. |
Aug 10, 2009 9:48 PM
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