Group work is supposed to be FUN!

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a great Valentine's day / long weekend! Professor Kurpis has asked us all to write about a management problem we will face or will be facing. I am so stuck! I have management issues just like many of you do. IE. problems with time management, work, relationships, etc. These are issues that I have dealt with for so long that they are not really problems, but just a part of life for me. As each situation occurs I take care of them best I can. So the only thing that I can see as a problem that is out of my hands is the task of doing group projects. Almost every semester, I am assigned a group project by one of my classes and every time there is a problem getting in touch with people, laziness, or procrastination. In the past, I have dealt with group project issues as I would have with work thinking I would get similar results. Boy was I wrong. I guess at work, people have more to lose if something goes wrong or they just care more. My past experiences in group work at school have shown me that you can't rely on too many people to get the work done. This really gets at me because our performance as a group will affect all our grades and I really do try to keep my grades up. This semester, I have a couple of group presentations in my literature class and I can already see some unreliable people in my group. I don't want to jump to conclusions about anyone, however to cushion the workload of slackers, I am preparing myself to handle things. Hopefully my group members or I will not have to suffer. As you read this, please feel free to CRAAQ on my posting and help me out! Thanks

who am i and what is CRAAQ?

Hello everyone! This is my first attempt at creating a blog. First let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Teddy and I am a Korean American who is 26 years old. Currently, I am attending Baruch college and am majoring in finance (though I may change to accounting and many of you probably know why...=p). I have many interests and am open to new ideas. Hopefully this blog will allow not only myself, but everyone who reads it to broaden their minds ( or get crammed with junk). Having stated this allow me to explain what CRAAQ is. CRAAQ is an acronym for Comment, Reject, Accept, Apply, and Question. These are just some of the reactions that I hope to get from everyone as they engage in this blog. So please continue to visit and remember to CRAAQ on my blog! haha.