Tiffany Browne: Innovation

During the last class of the semester we discussed innovation as a value added. We talked about Innovation and Technology combined. The Eight Pillars of Innovation was something new that I learned. They included things such as Institution and Policies, Infrastructure, Human Capacity, and Technological Sophistication. Five input pillars represent aspects that enhance the capacity of a nation to generate ideas and leverage them for innovative products and services.
Three output pillars define the benefits of successful innovation to the citizens and organizations of the country. I found a very good article that was in World Business that goes into depth about the eight pillars of innovation http://www.innovendo.net/pdf/Global%20innovation%20index%202007%20-%20subranking.pdf

Norma Castaneda: Innovation

In class we discussed how important being innovative is. Innovation means a new way of doing something. It may be radical, incremental or revolutionary changes in the way of thinking, product, processes or organizations. Organizations are seeking for innovative people that will help in great deal to the development of the country.
I found this pretty interesting website which allows you to discover new innovative ideas that you hadn’t though before. Enjoy!

http://www.jimcarroll.com/blog/how-to-be-innovative/

Norma Castaneda Twitter. What are you doing?

Twitter is the latest free social networking in which you can communicate briefly with people all over the world. I believe this is a great idea as emails and texting are to send long and specific messages. Twitter is a relaxed network in which you answer simple questions such as “what are you doing?” Sharing small events such as how are you feeling and what are you doing have fascinated millions and millions of people around the world. Twitter is a great example of innovation and networking.
To begin twitting just go to www.twitter.com

Tiffany: Performance Measure

During class we discussed measuring performance in the workplace. Questions that were asked were "What is performance measure?" and "How do we measure it?". Performance can be measured in a variety of ways including evaluations, tests, and outcome. Based on the results of your performance, many organizations will place you into a specific job. Good performance evaluations can result in promotion. Bad evaluations can result in firing or negative job evaluations. We also watched a short clip of the movie The Devil Wears Prada. The clip showed a woman who was trying very hard to impress her boss, but it seemed like her boss didn't like her and made her job very hard. Another character in the movie looked at the situation from a different perspective and felt like she should be privileged to work for such a great company no matter how hard it seemed. He pointed out that there were hundreds of young women who wished they had her position. She seemed to be quite shocked at his response and started to look at her position from a different perspective.