Throughout this semester of classes, I found myself working on multiple projects that applied what I learned in the classroom to real-life applications. Here are a few samples.
Investments - Professor Pegaret Pichler
This semester's project involved the use of Stocktrak software to actively manage a portfolio of stocks, options and bonds. My group conducted weekly meetings to discuss the status of our portfolio, current market news, and our immediate short-term and long term plans of action. This was a very meaningful and helpful experience in that the group members each contributed their own opinions of how to manage the portfolio. In the end, we used everybody's advice and input and ended up with over a 6% return over the course of a semester.
Organizational Behavior - Professor Rae Andre
My group project during this semester involved heavy use of team building activities and leadership development to complete several case studies. One particular case study that stood out was called the Penmark Challenge. Basically, for this project, each of the 8 groups within the class needed to submit proposals as to how they would run a hypothetical production facility. The class then voted on the best idea and that idea was used to actually run the simulation in class. Our group was the winner and we had the privilege of running the simulation with the class. This was a very rewarding experience in that I played the leader of the entire classroom. In the end, the actual production numbers were not as high as we predicted. However, that experience has given me great leadership experience and allowed me to first hand experience the leadership process.
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