Concentration Paper

Part 1:

1-Michael Vincent
2-Colorado Springs, CO
3-Corbett
4-Insects, Science & Society; History to 1876; Bus 150; Bus 100; Geology of Earth; Math 117 and 118
5-I am not working any hours right now, but I plan on finding an on campus job.
6-I chose CSU because it was in-state and cheap. My original choice was DePaul University in Chicago, IL, but after a while I realized that CSU was going to be a better choice. I am staying in the state I love, I am still close to family, and the academics are still great and will help me with my careers later on in life.
7- I chose a business major because I want to go into Management and hopefully own my own company. My parents owned their own store and because of that I decided that going into business was what I wanted to do. I love working with money, and with a degree in business and owning my own company, I am hoping that one day I will have enough money to have a large house, own many cars, and have a happy life.
8-I love to spend my free time off-roading in the mountains and on trails.
9-I don't really know anyone from the class, but I do know that there are two people from Corbett that are in the class.
10-I do not know any of the faculty members in the college of business.
11-I am slightly interested in Study Abroad. I think that on one hand it would be an extremely exciting experience, meeting new people, and learning about a new culture. On the other hand, it would be harder to transition from American education to another country's. Also, you are farther from home and you would most likely not know anyone.
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Business Week-have heard of it but don't read it
Fortune-have heard of it but don't read it
Forbes-have heard of it but don't read it
The Economist-have not heard of it
BBC-have heard of it but don't read it
Denver Post-have heard of it but don't read it
Forbes Small Business-have heard of it but don't read it
Wall Street Journal-have heard of it but don't read it
13-What are the benefits of choosing my concentration as Management?

Part 2-

When I think about what I am good at, the first thing that comes to mind is that I am very persistent with what ever I am doing. If I am working on a project, or just hanging out with my friends, I am adiment on getting things done. This would be a good strength for working in management becuase if there is a deadline or something similar to that, I would get it done as quick as I could. Other things that I come to mind when I think about what I am good at is talking, spending, and being friendly. Talking would be a good strength for my concentration because it would help with customer ineraction. I would always be able to talk to customers and have real conversations with them which would help in sales because I am not strictly trying to have them buy my product. Being friendly is another strength that would go hand in hand with talking because I would be able to talk to my customers and employees with confidence, not being shy or being mean, and really making them feel welcomed and not being pushed. Weaknesses that I would have while going into business is that I am sometimes impatient. Being impatient would not help me if I am trying to sell a customer a product, because if they do not want to buy right away or want to think about it for a while, I would not give them adequate time to make a decision. Another weakness that I would have when going into business management is that I am a perfectionist. Having this attribute is not always great because sometimes it's ok if everything is not going the exact way that I would like it, and it's okay to make mistakes.

I am not considering Accounting as my concentration because I am not the best with numbers. I know that in accounting or being an accountant, numbers are essential. I am also not really interested in accounting because I don't know that much about it. I know about the numbers, but that is really it. Information that I would like to know about accounting is what exactly it entails. What careers are offered with accounting degrees? How much money would one make? What are good qualities to have? With those questions answered I would be able to make a better decision on if I still don't want Accounting as my concentration.

I am considering Management as my concentration as of right now. I love being in charge and knowing what is going on. I am an excellent leader and joined many clubs in high school where I was the manager or commissioner. When I was working at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Colorado Springs, I became an assistant manager for a few weeks. It fascinated me about all the things that go into being a manager. It is not just bossing employees around. There is paperwork, communications, ordering, scheduling, etc., that are all things I enjoyed. Questions that I have about management as a concentration is how successful can one be with this? What opportunities are available? and what careers are opened up to a person who graduates with this concentration?

Marketing is a concentration that I would change to if I were not going for management. I would choose this as a second choice because I feel that this is something that opens up a lot of careers that pay well for someone. I like to know about markets and money, but am still not that great with numbers, so this is the main reason I am not choosing this as my concentration. If I become a little better with numbers I might consider changing to marketing. Questions I would have about this concentration is what is available for someone in marketing? and how far can they get with this as a concentration?

I am not considering Computer Information Systems as a concentration because I really don't know anything about computers. I also don't much about this concentration which raises a lot of questions for me. What careers are offered? How much could you make? What exactly would you do? Does it require a lot of math skills? What are good qualities to have if you are going to have this as a concentration?

Finance is another concentration that I am not considering because I am not entirely sure what is available with it. I am unsure about careers that are available, and how much you could make. I am also horrible with my own finances that I would most likely not be great at dealing with other peoples' finances. Questions about finance is what one does with this degree? What are the careers that are available with finance?

Real Estate is a strange concentration to me. It has to be a lot more work than just knowing how to sell a house or other building. With that in mind, I would like to know more about real estate. If the concentration that I have chosen for now fails or I turn out to not like it, real estate is something that I would definately consider. I love houses and I love selling, so this could be a great thing to choose, but because I am not sure about all of it, I have questions. What all is offered in real estate? What are classes that should be taken? What are the available careers, and how much does someone in real estate typically make?

My four letter are ESFJ. Careers that it suggest I might be interested in is teaching, nursing, real estate, physician, and respiratory therapist.
My two colors are yellow and green. The careers it suggest to me are accountant, astronomer, small business owner, consultant, and food service manager.

When I took the two quizzes I learned a lot about myself that I have never considered. I now look at myself as the guardian and realize that I actually do have a lot of the attributes of what the two tests described me as. I do like to take control and provide for the general welfare for people, which is why I am described as the "provider". They also suggest that someone of this type can sometimes be easily wounded, and act off of those emotions, which in a lot of cases I actually do, but I never realized it. I agree with the tests in that this is the way I typically think of myself. I see me as a provider and I enjoy taking care of people, even if it is a different career from management.

The personalities do not really match the careers I was thinking about. I am looking more for a general manager or supervisor, but they are suggesting eduation and health. Small business owner was listed as a possible career which is not too far off from what I would like to do, but I have never considered going into elementary teaching or becoming a nurse. I do like helping people though, and those would be pretty fun careers if I decided to take that path. By taking these two personality tests they opened up a couple new ideas for me and choosing my concentration. One of concentrations that I may look into is real estate because it suggested that as a possible career for me. Accounting is the other concentration that I may look into because of the careers it listed, but management is still the concentration that I would like to stick with.

My WHY Factor

Why am I in college? What makes me get up every day to go to classes and study to do well on tests? Why do I want to be in business?

I am in college because it is almost impossible to be successful in America without a proper education. It is my goal to be successful and to support myself and a family. I have a rich taste and love exotic and expensive things. I plan on living in a large beautiful house, own many cars, and have a high paying job, or own a company. The reason I study for assignments and exams is because I do not want to fail. No one in my family has completed college, and I plan on being the first, which is why I want to succeed in all of my classes. I want to be in business because I enjoy being in charge. I am planning on going into management, I love being in charge and taking the lead. I plan on staying in business until the end when I graduate because I will not fail. I will succeed and live a wonderful and happy life.

Dream Locations

If I could choose anywhere in the U.S. as a place for my Dream Job, it would be here in Colorado.
I have lived in Colorado my entire life and I could not imagine living anywhere else. There are five factors that I would consider when choosing exactly where I would like to live in Colorado.

The first factor I would consider is scenery. I love nature and especially the mountains. With that in mind I would choose a place in Western Colorado because it offers the best of the state and that is where the mountains are most prominent. I would also enjoy living on the front range of the mountains, stretching from Colorado Springs up to Fort Collins. These cities also have beautiful scenery and offer more career wise.

Another factor for me to consider in choosing a location is population. I prefer a medium to large city over a small town. With that in mind while staying in Colorado, I would choose any city with a population of 100,000 citizens to 1 million, which includes Fort Collins down to Colorado Springs. With a larger population there are more opportunities for finding a career, which is something that would be extremely important to me. I also enjoy being around more people than living in a small mountain town where there is hardly anyone around you.

Along with population and scenery, transportation comes to mind. If I am going to live in a large town and have my career in business, I am going to need forms of transportation that are always close. The airport is the most important, but a train depot or even having my own car is important. Having my car would enable me to travel around whichever town I am in if I am doing business locally. A train as a form of transportation is not as important to me because it is not a quick way to get from place to place. The airport is most important because I can get to anywhere in the U.S. within four hours or less. If I am going to be living in Colorado, I am probably going to want to be close to Denver International Airport so that I may leave anytime that my career requires.

Size is another factor that I would consider in a dream location. I like large populations and large cities, so when considering size I would like a place that is not entirely spread out so that it does not take an hour to get from one side of the city to the other. I would rather enjoy a city that is large, but one that still has easy access to everything the city offers, including places that I would do businesses with. Colorado Springs is not a city that has everything to offer in easy access. The city is spread out and it takes time to get from one place to the next, Denver is also similar to the Springs, but it also has parts of the city that makes it easy to get where you need to go. So when considering size, I would choose Denver.

The last factor I would consider with my dream location is how successful the cities are with business. I would have to research how much the cities profit with businesses and why they are doing so well. If the city is doing well in in profit with small business I would definitely consider that location over one that is profiting in corporations that are running the small business out of town.

With all these factors in mind, scenery, population, transportation, size, and profit, I would most likely be living in Denver, Colorado or a suburb of Denver.

Dream Companies

Five companies I have always wanted to work for:

1.) Royal Caribbean International http://jobs.rccl.com/
2.) Frontier Airlines http://www.frontierairlines.com/frontier/home.do
3.) BMW http://www.bmwusa.com/
4.) Land Rover http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/home.htm
5.) Jeep http://www.jeep.com/en/