Gen480 Week #4 Past Present and Future Paper

Strategic management is very important in the business world. It is the way leaders or organizations steer their company to success over both the short- and long-term. It encompasses a host of decisions that range from what the company will produce, to how it will compete in its industry, to how it will grow over time. At the heart of strategic management is strategic planning. In this paper, the company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., will be analyzed as a strategic plan is presented in regards to growing the business over the next three years.

In August of 2012, at Grand Rapids Community College, I was placed on Academic Probation due to my cumulative GPA dropping below the 2.0 threshold. Prior to this action, I was not driven to take the action to perform well in my classes. I was lost in the options for my future and unaware of where I would end up. It was this lack of focus and drive that reflected in my performance. This was a strong turning point in my life, and after being placed on academic probation I came to appreciate the repercussions I was facing by not prioritizing my education. It was in this year that I decided on where I wanted my college career to take me. Through the influential factors I discussed in my personal statement, I had both my mind and my future set on

Women in church leadership; I believe women are encouraged to teach other women (Titus 2:3–5). I also believe that the Bible also does not restrict women from teaching children or teens. The only role women are restricted from is teaching or having spiritual authority are over men. (1 Timothy

My education that I received while at David Prouty High School has strongly influenced both my personal and academic development, by teaching me to take value in my work. Throughout my time at David Prouty I have taken many rigorous classes, but developed the most through the classes I condemned at the time of taking them. Everyone has certain subjects that they are not fond of and it is hard to always put your best foot forward. At David Prouty I learned that my work is an extension myself and if I start to slack in things that I find challenging, then my work ethic is flawed. David Prouty has taught me to trudge through things that I find difficult and excel at things I love.

My timeline on the progression on life events that have led me to my current situation as a master’s student in Regent University Counseling program. My interest in psychology has always been in me since I have been fascinated with how people think and what makes people act. The family around me helped peak my interest for the reason that they have lived thought-provoking lives. For example, my mother left my father after being beat for ten years and how in my childhood I have seen how strong she is and how that tragic moment in her life has shaped her worldview. My story starts further along in my life then many people in my program. Until the age of 25 years old my lifestyle and worldview was simple, party and be true to my homies (non-blood brothers). The event that occurred that forced me to stop and examine my life was on July 15, 2005, I crashed my Camaro into a light pole at approximately 7am in the morning. The picture below is my Camaro, unfortunately, I was unable to find a picture of the crash.

I am a Phoenix as a result of prevailing through many circumstances and standing the test of time. I enrolled in my first course within the University in 2009, like any new student ready, excited and anxious. My first college course, “I’ll be finished within 2 years, what I told myself, my new and then current duty station tempo didn’t seem too fast paced. I can do this”, I thought. Then life happened, the unforeseen, those things that you never think would happen but actually do. My duties were more arduous than I thought, my children were very small and my active duty spouse was away. Same story different day, for military life. I was overwhelmed to say the least and my grades began to suffer as I tried to progress through school. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter I was academically dismissed from the university. Feeling defeated and embarrassed I gave up on myself, and my educational goals.

In 2014, I was the first person in my family to earn a college degree. During my time as an undergraduate at Norfolk State University I faced many challenges. I was trying to balance being a full-time student with being a mother, military spouse, and a dental assistant. Although I struggled academically in the beginning, I quickly improved my academic performance and, was able to develop strong time management skills. My ability to turn setbacks into comebacks shows that I have the resilience needed to be successful in the Medical Education Development Program and in Dental School.

My main goal in life is to achieve a Bachelors Degree as a traditional student. Neither of my parents has done this and it would mean a lot to me. Both my parents worked full-time, with a family, and a home. I chose this goal because my parents have taught me to always strive for greatness and I believe that going to traditional school is the best choice for me. I plan on attending the University of Wisconsin- Platteville for the fall semester of 2018. I plan on achieving my goal by going to UW-Platteville for a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I have faced much adversity in my life. When I was born I had a Brachial Plexus injury. This consumed much of my early childhood. At the age of 1 week I started therapy and at 18 months I had surgery

I would admit I had a very difficult time adjusting to collage life being away from home for the first time my first collage experience. Not to make excuses for my poor performance, but I would like to explain the circumstances and situation’s as to why I performed poorly I knew that going to collage require a lot of time and effort. I underestimated the commitment needed and workload. I become pregnant doing this time and it distracted me, the problems caused me to become unfocused on my work and confused I really didn’t know how to handle that with my school work. At the time I thought my career and life was ruined. I was very distracted with the situation and was unable to focus on my schoolwork. I take full responsibilities for my academic

Growing up in a country where educational preferences were given to boys, my father went against the society norms and encouraged me to get higher education. Along with his guidance and my thirst for knowledge I was accepted in engineering program. I was happily pursuing my degree, when suddenly all this came to halt; my father was seriously ill. He wanted me to get married before he leaves this world. Few weeks later, I met my husband, who at the time was visiting Pakistan for his cousin’s wedding and within months I was married. I came to United States with a hope of better future and dreams of finishing my education, but was unable to do so as I was expecting our first child and had no one to help us with the baby. I dedicated myself to raise our daughter, but deep down that feeling of emptiness lingered. Life kept moving forward, we moved a few times, gradually I started to adapt to being a stay home mother of two beautiful girls. Numerous times I brought home admission forms from CCBC but started to doubt myself if I was going to be able to do restart after such a big gap? I started volunteering at my daughter’s school and was soon hired as a teacher’s helper to assist with children with special needs. While working at school, I was again in an environment that reminded and encouraged me to fulfill my lost dreams. In 2012, I enrolled at CCBC with no career path in mind: I just wanted start again! Once I started I never looked back and I will continue to thrive.

I believe that the creators and facilitators of the courses have established strong evaluative strategies and that the grades I receive and the feedback I am given will accurately reflect my understanding of the program material. As I apply to jobs in the business analysis field I will be able to reflect on my success in this program based on my level of confidence in my business analysis abilities. If I am confident that I will be able to excel in the role that I am applying for I will feel I have succeeded in this program. My enjoyment over the course of the program will also reflect my success in this program. If I am not enjoying myself then I will need to assess why I am not enjoying myself and what I can do to change my happiness. The grades and feedback I receive in my courses, the level of confidence I have in my business analysis abilities and my general enjoyment in the program will be the basis for measuring my success in this

I learned a lot of things this half year, although the most of them were negative. I found myself too vulnerable to suit the business environments and the workplace before entering this class. I was not brave to be the first one to express my opinions in front of others; I was weak at facing challenges, and I always felt nervous and difficult to handle them; I could not focus on one thing too long because I got distracted from a lot of temptation. The worst thing was: I hold my transcripts from undergraduate school and felt like I was ready to go to workplace and I was very sure about my believing; I did not recognized what my weakness were, and I always considered myself a good worker. In realty I was not that good enough to be a moderate worker. It is necessary for an accountant in today’s public accounting companies to obtain different soft skills rather than only calculate numbers, and also important for him or her to update their knowledge in time to accommodate the clients’ needs and fulfill their objectives. I would say that the most important thing, rather than those negative sides of myself, is gaining a chance to get rid of my weakness in both hard and soft skills and grow to be stronger in mentality. Before stepping into the business world, I am studying on becoming a real businesswoman here in this class, and now I have changed and grow.

Throughout my educational experience, I have endured countless hardships that made progress difficult at times. Although it was a struggle through my strong dedication to education, I have also earned a list of achievements for my hard work. These experiences from, failing two of my English classes, to excelling tremendously in mathematics, have molded me into the type of student I am today. I am a student with a growth mindset and, an optimistic outlook on education and, the bright future ahead. I now understand the impact that a positive mindset can have on your future. I am definitely proud of the student I have become. I feel like my journey is unique, but is also very relatable.

I have been growing as a student and a person as well through my time at IUS and at my work too. I learned a lot form all the classes I took at

When I reflect back on my growth from the beginning of the semester, I can see how much I have grown as a social worker. I remember feeling so nervous, anxious, and incompetent when I started this semester, as I felt there were other great interns better then myself at my field placement. I am one person that has always doubted myself often, therefore, when I feel scared, and enter a field I am not familiar with, I doubt myself at first despite of knowing I am good when working with clients. It was not an easy transition due to other stressors proceeding in my life, but I managed to pushed through day by day. Further, since the beginning of the semester, I have learned that no matter the stressor I go through in personal and work life, I am a resilient individual. Not only I get the job done, but do not allow my feelings to interfere with my day, therefore, I feel this is a good quality to have as a social worker. I have seen how I have grown when viewing and working with cases. For example, I