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COMM299 is a course that I believe is under-appreciated even though the lessons taught will be used throughout your life. Something that this course provided was a “Personality Survey” called “Strengths Quest” which provided participants of their top five strengths from the way they perceived situations and or how they may react to another. With […]
Throughout my life my father has always been an inspiration as he epitomized humility and other traits that made him into the great man he is today. He never had to directly teach me about certain life lessons because the way he lived his life was a lesson for me. Living with him and experiencing […]
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UBC. Bell and Telus go Head-to-Head – the Vancouver Olympics
…continued Before Bell’s objectives for this proposal was to gain a 1% increase in market shares and use this experience as a “brand building exercise”[1]. Bell was a relatively small company in the west before the 2010 Winter Games, using this change, Bell took the risk of proposing $200 million to bid for the position […]
Problems with Retraining in our current Economy: In our current economy “changing careers later in life isn’t easy, and governments continue to fund retraining programs at great expenses.” Evidence from an earlier paper suggest that there’s “little evidence” that current retraining programs are helping. Craig Riddell, an economic professor at the University of British Columbia […]
Recently, HP was caught in a sex-scandal through their CEO Mark Hurd, who was allegedly prosecuted for sexual harassment. Not only does HP offer a mission statement that is ethically geared but are known to be well rounded in their methods of business. With this new reputation, they let down the company name as well […]
Compared to many businesses that are mainly based on the income of sales, Facebook emerges as a new business through its ability to produce a service that surpasses any seen before. Mark Zuckerberg, born on May 14, 1984 started “The Facebook” in Harvard in 2004 of February and was originally a concept that would encompass […]
TACTIC VS STRATEGY I feel that this concept has brought upon the most impact on my view of business so far. This bias notion may be brought about by clarification of these words and their definition within the business world. Prior to this class, tactic and strategy were one in the same; its literal meaning […]
After reading this article, it reminded me of some of the qualities of lessons we learned in “Comm 292 – Organizational Behavior”. Not only does the speaker suggest the importance of high work ethics but also maintaining a strong and healthy relationship with other employees and those in higher position. Andrew Avgousti explains in further […]
Thinking back to the previous class, we as a class were reminded the number of advertisements and triggering logos (3000 – 6000) that influence us as a community to view a certain product in a bias way. What do you see in this picture? One may say that this picture is simply a picture of […]