Thursday, November 13, 2008

Week 10 & reflection

Sorry everyone was a little late getting this up. Got busy at work and completely forgot to post it.

Here is a good screencast of myself explaining how to use WMU's automated Building Service program that oversee temperatures for all facilities on campus.



I think the part that has stuck out for me more than anything else and I can compare it to working in athletics is teamwork. Not just because it takes so many hands to get things done but the part that amazes me is that alot of the people that have a large part in things don't get the credit they deserve. I think that in order for an organization to get full results out of every single person they must be made to feel like they play just as large a role in the team as everyone else. A perfect example of this around campus are custodians and landscape workers they really make the big difference in how this campus looks yet they are treated by far worse than most other groups on campus. As a result of this they have poor attendance records and have high turnover rates, a reasonable person would have to see some kind of connection there. I'm not the worlds smartest person but I can definitely tell that in order to get better results from the group you need to change how they are viewed.

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