I am a Commerce student and we just began our “core” of the program.

I’m appalled by the problems that business has caused in the world, and some of my classmates are aggressive which is not my personality at all.

I am a volunteer, I care about other people a lot, and am very sensitive to feelings etc.

I’m feeling lost, intimidated, and like I made a wrong choice in my studies.

My goal is to do something positive with my degree, but I can’t seem to focus on my school work. I just think it’s so cold, aggressive, fake, and in some cases harmful.

If I think that greed causes most of the problems in our world, how can I possibly succeed as a business student/business person in the future?

Please help, does anyone have any real life experience in the business world?

Thanks!!
I’m aware that I am being changed by business, and I’m resisting it which is causing a lot of internal conflict..

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Join Peace corps.
by: Judge Julie
on: 8th October 09

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Where a t-shirt
by: VR6SLC
on: 10th April 09

In school, I loved accountancy, economics, maths. I hated business studies because everything was so general like leadership qualities, planning, control, etc. It was so boring. I did not have any ambition then.

I studied commerce. After that I moved to college, studied tax, accounts, law there. I do not hate law but it is a little boring as the procedures like demerger, reduction of capital, etc. are very long. I hate learning the procedures as it is boring and hard to remember.

I love stocks, options, buybacks – I worked for a KPO and we used to work out the various ratios, enterprise value, etc. I just loved that but becuase we worled on the templates, I used to make silly errors like not changing the formula, changing the company name, year, etc. Perhaps I was not careful. I worked there for 5 months and quit 4 years ago because I was making these **** mistakes and all my batch mates used to crib and were leaving the company. But still, I regret my decision. KPOs are not considered very good but it was my first job. I did not have any ambition then but one and that to change the job.

Now, I am working in a company I am hating because the average age of people here is 35-40 and they are very outdated. Every day, I have to travel 100 kms. I am reconciling the bank accounts, and not liking the work here too. It is core accounting. There is getting no value addition of any kind on me.

I am not able to detect my likes and dislikes. This work is so silly. I have not been able to make any progress for the last 4 years. I tried to change jobs but could not convert. I am not getting enough interview calls. The technical rounds do me in sometimes.

So, I am planning to take GMAT by the mid of the next year at the max. I think Investment banking can be a good line for me? What do you suggest? I am thinking of doing MBA from abroad. Have got a list of Unis from FT rankings. Just checking their sites. I can work for any number of hours in that field because I love to calculate, work out ratios, etc. And after that analyzing those figures and doing research.

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shoot for the stars, if you land half way thats still great! it sounds like youre numb to your own
emotional state.
If your job is causing you self detrimental depression tell your boss you would like to practice healthy
working relationships and possibly there are other tasks that can be assigned that you would do well.
perhaps he sees fit that you take on different responsibility at this stage in your career.

make your life outside of work for the meantime as exciting or fun and calm as possible.
do something youve wanted to do for a long time but just havnt.
you can do simple things, baby steps, to transition your life into a happier state if you dont see things changing at work Immediately.

to lighten your long term stressers,
you could also think about going to school in a country you are already familiar with.
and maybe just going to another country for a month or two and rent a furnished apartment off
of craigslist solely to learn the culture and have time to decompress and see the world without having to worry about mid term papers and things knocking on your door.

good luck
by:
on: 7th November 11

“90%(percentage may vary) of the non-specialized things you learn from middle school upwards(school level may vary slightly) will be of little to no use to you later in life and can be safely dispensed with while the specialized things are re-learnt later ” where “non-specialized” refers to skills you don’t go on to specialize in later in life. For example, a person who goes on to become an architect needs excellent trigonometry skills(specialized skill), but not much higher biology(basic biology is taught earlier. I’m talking of the biology they teach you in higher levels of school with classification and scientific names and such.) Also, most college courses run refresher periods(like first few months/year) where they basically teach you the same stuff you learnt at higher school level again.

So I propose we CUT THE FAT out of the system. We take a leaf out of the book of colleges and vocational courses and radically re-design our school education system. It could go like this. We drastically increase customize-ability and choice points from middle school upwards with all absolutely basic education taken care of at lower levels. In India, we get to choose a crummy third language option at Std. 6 and between commerce and science at Std. 11(difference is just easier math with commerce and a few subject sets). Rather we make as few core subjects as possible going up(or do away with them entirely) and make individual(not sets of) subjects optional(choose your own unique course). This allows specialization and experimentation at a much younger age to a much greater degree than even in university(should be adopted here as well). It makes the learning experience more flexible, more relevant, more friendly, more creative, have greater quality(interested and specialized teachers) and more efficient by cutting down on turnover time. I’m sure around 3-4 years of school can be safely removed allowing people of 14 or so to finish school. This decreases educational spending by all parties and allows human resources to be employed sooner(14 being minimum employment age in India) or to go for higher studies(with changes in age restrictions for university). This also solves another problem of educational seats capacity in developing countries. Rather than constantly having to increase oodles of seats each year(the current scenario), we could quicken the rate at which seats become available as well(fast-track college courses already achieve this). You won’t lose anything since you’re only cutting out the things which will be wasted later anyway.

Or you could keep the same length of school education with all the customization(if you really want to), but offer them a huge number of options to choose from as they go up. They could even take courses on photography at lower levels. Basically to blur the distinction between school and college/vocational. Example:History isn’t necessary as a major course. Neither is a second(or third) language. These sorts of subjects will become optional subjects. So will higher math, biology, etc.

But how is a young student to know what he’ll do later in life, you ask? How do we know what will be wasted? Well, many people pursuing even graduate degrees still don’t know what they want. Sometimes even experts change. I know a nuclear physicist who now practices astrology for a living(He was successful.He just had a change of heart). The point is that such a flexible system allows for easy re-training, experimentation and promotes curiosity. The vocational system already addresses this. As do university courses for mid-level professionals. Or specialized college courses for everyone(there are even courses in photography if you want to be one. No age limit.)

And standardized exams? Simple. Like university, prepare subject papers and evaluation techniques/requirements rather than one board exam(for 10th. Two for 12th).

Why waste so much time, effort and money. Everyone seems to lose in the present system except the bureaucrats whose work is made simpler by this silly “one-size-fits-all” policy. So what do you think? It’s a drastic re-modelling, but I think it makes a lot more sense. Your thoughts, opinions, advice, criticisms, etc. are most welcome.

Note: I already asked in Education and Reference. Don’t bother pointing that out.

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If you haven’t been getting too many responses it’s probably because of how long your post is.

I don’t like your model. It asks too much of the student at a younger age and ignores the true purpose of children’s education.

Let me ask you this. Why does anyone study Shakespeare? Yes he was a great writer (Supposedly) and is worthy of scholarly study, but why teach him to children. What is the purpose? I imagine this is what you feel for most of the “wasted” subjects people study as children. In simples terms it’s because if you can learn to understand Shakespeare, you can understand damn near anything.

The purpose of educating our youth is not just to stick facts in their head, is not to spit out more cogs for the machine. It is to teach our children how to think. Literature teaches culture and understanding, math teaches logic, sciences teach observation & critical thinking, art teaches creativity, all these are different ways of thinking and when a student grows up they will likely focus on one particular method but because of their education they will have a firm grasp of all.

I guess the argument is do you want a bunch of specialists, or do you want students to be well rounded? 150 years ago it might have been fine for kids to just learn letters and numbers and then focus on their specialty, but we live in a much more complicated world and if you don’t have that all rounded background you could end up lost when you finally get out there.

And you are talking like when a person goes out there he will immediately find the job he studied. How many people studied engineering only to become drug reps, or when from working on Wall Street to construction. You can’t always get the “dream job” you want. The vast majority of people don’t work in the fields they studied and it’s not because they want to do astronomy instead, but because they could not get a job in their field either because they were not good enough, or there were no jobs available. A well rounded person will be better able to adjust to a different field than a person who is so specialized that he knows nothing else.

It seems to me that your model is designed for the exceptions to the rule, for the kids who at a young age not only know what they want to do, but are intelligent, flexible and have the money to do so. It does not cater for… well for people like me, people who are slow to change, who did not have the best grades and don’t know what they want to do and can’t afford to learn anything new. Your system will force those who are not ready to make life choices that they will not be able to deviate from while they are still children. I wish I’d grown up in a system that moved slower, that would allow me to experience and experiment more while I was still young, instead of forcing me to pick O-level subjects when I was 13.

Most places I believe already have an accelerated programme for people like you, though many are shutting those down as they lead to social ineptitude as adults. Still, if you can do what you described above then I think there should be a place like that for you. But as an across the board shift in educational styles, it is certainly lacking.
by: stn1225
on: 2nd August 10

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success to u, friend.
You are right, be it old or young,fat or thin , round. We all need warm and friendly touch
by: jason w
on: 7th June 07

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Social Research Methods SOC 222
Sustainable Tourism TOU201
Public Policy Analysis POL 230
Festivals and Events TOU 212
Tourism and Management TOU 303
Events and Festivals Management TOU 304

Human Resource Management

Organisational Theory & Behaviour BUS 223
Workplace Law BUS 228
Organisational Development & Human Resources Management BUS 240
Employee Relations in Asia BUS 251
Human Resource Economics BUS 375
Advanced Human Resource Perspectives BUS 320

2.Bachelor of Commerce in Hospitality & Tourism Management and Human Resource Management
Core Units
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Human Resource Management

Organisational Theory & Behaviour BUS 223
Workplace Law BUS 228
Organisational Development & Human Resources Management BUS 240
Employee Relations in Asia BUS 251
Human Resource Economics BUS 375
Advanced Human Resource Perspectives BUS 320

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2nd one is preferred
by: worldisone
on: 22nd November 11

I have finished seven GCE O level subjects.. (Eng Lang, Commerce, Economics, Physics, Pure Maths, Maths B, Computing Studies) and all grades I’ve recieved are in the ranges of A-C (my science subjects are all Cs.)

Right now I am taking my A level studies in only Maths & Physics..(Which are all units of Physics & Mechanics & Core Maths)

Notice that I am studying only 2 A level subjects. I was going to take Computing for A levels but I heard from people and rumors that once a student completes A level computing, he/she will not be benefited as much and it is therefore not worth taking it. I think Computing for A level has low demands and is’nt much rewarding after completion. I know I finished O-level GCE Computing which made me thought this is enough with my A level GCE Maths & Physics to study Computer Engineering. Well, what do you guys think? Should I take A-level GCE computing? I know there are a lot of work involved in A-Level GCE Computing than compared with O-Level GCE Computing..but at the end will it be worth it? Are 2 A-level GCE Subjects enough for me to carry on with Computer Engineering? I also heard 2 is the minimum requirement to progress in the university line.

Please I do not want to waste my time, and I need to make the right decision before I am late. =(

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Many UK universities require three A levels for entry, not just two. Some only require two, but I’d hate for you to decide to attend the perfect UK uni, only to find that it requires three, so take three!!!

Math and physics are good A levels if you want to study computer engineering in the UK. The third A level you take is up to you. Should it be computing? If you want it to be, that’s fine. But if you’d rather do that third A level in another subject, that’s okay, too. Which O levels did you do the best in?
by: RoaringMice
on: 29th August 10

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There are courses that are worth credit units for one degree as well as another degree. The most prominent of these are the “general education core” which are graduation requirements no matter the degree. In these fall things like social science, English composition, humanities and physical science. That is why those that are undecided should take those first.

Then there are the electives. You can take engineering electives and then still carry them to a commerce degree.

But you have to be careful with your electives, you can’t take too many of them otherwise you will end up graduating in something that is not actually your major. But if you have 15-20 credit hours in electives don’t fret

By the way, I did the same thing. I took my core courses in commerce before deciding to take another path (and didn’t do my gen eds)
by:
on: 27th March 12

i kind of want and need a new tv and i was thinking that the ps3 with 1080p hd will look amazing and the blue ray player . but the computer has more games better graphics and also more features. that computer rig is a bit more expansive than the tv and ps3 together . i just want to hear your opinion. thx

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well its possible to build a computer more powerful than a ps3 so you can get better graphics from a pc, and hardware is always updating and getting stronger so you would get better image from a pc
by:
on: 28th May 08

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You obviously have an interest in poetry, and could work to make it even better. When you correct the spelling typos and get a better ending, you just might have something there. I think this reads more easily

The Famine is Over, I think I’ll go Home,
Goodbye Bonnie Shore, To which I was Born,
The British ring true, when they sing me this song,
I’ll go into the west, It’s there I Belong,
Erin go Bragh, My Heart sings Aloud,
A Celt to the core, a finnian son proud, (did you mean Fenian?)

I will leave with this Knowledge, Oh Proud Sons Of William,
Your Sons & Your Daughters, Will soon all be Muslim,
A land based on commerce, is what You inherit,
While You sing rule Britania, In some pub called the ferret, (Britannia?)
No stout do You drink there, just pale German shite,
In a decade or 2, will yer Grandsons be white,

When You sit down this evening to yer Pizza or Curry,
& your Girl talks of Imran, & the Quick need to Marry,
Give thought to the reason You started this farce,
by excepting a religion, from an English Kings ****,
But don’t miss the point, maybe taken to Laughter,
It was more than 1 wife, Old King Henry was After,

But You march in your bands, Make a great deal of Noise,
Get Out of the way, we’re the bold Orange Bhoys,
I’ll get to the Point, To be true dose not Bother Me,
But your Church in this country, Is a tiny Minority,
Although In Islam, You’ll sure have your place,
Prayer gets You to Heaven, No need for Gods Grace,

I’ll sign off just Now halfway home from Stranrar, (Stranraer?)
Goodbye my dear Alba, & Erin Go Bragh,,,, …
The harbours in sight, On the coast there’s a farm,
what a beautifull sight, As we sail into Larne,
Out on the street I have now time to think,
My throats Like a dessert, About time for a drink, (perhaps desert not dessert)

A nice Hearty Pint of that world Famous Stout,
I am home after All, or am I, I doubt,
as I order my pint in this wierd situation,
Over the Bar is the Old Butchers Apron,
I’m in for it now, I have to Admit,
right to the top of my neck in the ****,

We don’t serve your kind, says the Ugly fat Brit,
A smile on his face, His Idea of wit,
What Kind Would that be?, This Grabs his attention,
& that of his Pals, or didn’t I Mention,
5 against 1, Bad odds In Any Town,
But us Irish, We never know when to ba ….. (we never know what???)

A little correct punctuation and a couple of tweaks here and there, and you could have a little gem here.
by: bluebell
on: 20th October 11