Journal Entries Week 3: #2

January 18, 2012

Part A: Finish the equipment inventory with calibration dates and all of the information needed such as serial number, purchase date and price, brand, model and type.

Part B: This inventory task has taught me a lot of things. I’ve had to navigate through the organizations intranet to find several characteristics of the equipment. I’ve gone to the company’s storage rooms and warehouse and look through their documents to find the receipts of the purchasing date and price of the equipment. Learning how to navigate both via software and also in person has been very meaningful for my development as a professional. I’ve improved my communication skills since I’ve had to talk to a lot of people all over the company. Also, all of the information gathered about the equipment is being stored at Word and Excel documents with specific formats that the company likes to use. This has made me improve intensively in these areas by adding important details and also being able to create specific graphs my boss likes to see. He always tells me that a graph doesn’t mean anything unless it really talks to you. If the graph just by barely looking at it seems interesting and even expresses a pattern or a message right away then it works, other way it is obsolete.

Another really important thing learned is that business people don’t like long presentations, the shorter the better. Time is money and being realistic, higher management people want quick and convincing information. Taking this on account, every time I show anything to my bosses I make sure I know it perfectly so that if they have any question or concern I have an answer right away. This makes it easy for me and efficient for them. That is what they want and love.