Entries from September 2009

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Hubble Madness (ADLT623 – Reflection #3)

I was fascinated by the process and incredibly complex structure of technology teams working on the Hubble Telescope project.  Fascinated may be a poor choice of words, perhaps mind boggling is better.  I could hardly keep up with the different team functions and many varied objectives all focused on this one aspect of such a [...]

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

The Dream Company (ADLT623 – Reflection #2)

Just think… no time clocks, no leave reporting and a travel budget!  I found myself wanting to work for Chaparrel Steel as I read about the company’s practices.  But more so, I was thinking, this trust is the root of employee satisfaction and ‘buy in’.
This is something I struggle with at my own job.  I [...]

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

“Hallways” (ADLT 623 Reflection #1)

Another semester and two more classes.  This fall I’m taking Educational Evaluation and Organizational Learning.  I sat down with my texts to start the reading for Organizational Learning with the skepticism that I always have for texts and treatises.  I’m a slow reader and thus the time it takes me to get through a chapter [...]