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UnEARTHing Iowa, College of Growth in Iowa

Chad Davis | Main Page | Jarrod Diehm

Chikemma Nwana

Today was an eye opener for me in all aspects. There’s nothing like waking up in the morning to learn about passive income. I found it very fascinating yet important to know that you can sell yourself by just going to websites such as odesk.com. We visited Bank Iowa where we toured around and had a couple of speakers talk to us, after which we went to Pella Corporation. At Pella Corporation, Dr. David Roe pointed out to us that there are four difficulties in leading, which are: Leading you, Leading friends and family, Leading up, and Leading down respectively.

We also played a business simulation game by Dan Topf. It was really amazing to see the intense competition among all teams even though we knew it was only more of a computer game. My team, Zeta was always at the top and eventually came 1st in the competition. At first, I was a lost sheep in the simulation. I must confess as a computer major, I did not know what we were to do or even where to begin, but with the help of my team mates, I was able to understand what the simulation was all about and even contribute my strengths to the progress of the team. Together, we shot to the top at an expedited rate. Our strategy was to first invest on the food products in the middle and keep our customer service low. This helped us invest more money into training employees, and improving quality. In turn, we were able to control the markets of any product we invested in.
 
Overall, I gained a lot of knowledge from the speakers and the simulation, but I must say I am still not utterly convinced about the procedures we took in the simulation and the reasons behind them.
Aug 12, 2009 10:55 AM |Add a comment
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