A new wave of Music

Another  article from Time magazine was entitled "10 Start-Ups That Will Change Your Life". The article focused on ten individuals who were bringing fresh ideas into the global market. One of these spotlights concentrated on a man named Daniel Ek who co-founded Spotify, a music database which allows unlimited music-listening for $15 per month. To many people, this breakthrough sounds amazing, even better than the illustrious iTunes. People today, especially of the younger generations, seem to be consumed entirely in their iPods. They can be seen walking with their earphones in and moving to the music. Nowadays, it seems that most people need music at their fingertips. This is exactly what Mr. Ek has wanted to give people with his company. “People amass more music now than ever, but it's not about ownership. It's about accessibility. We're not selling tracks; we're selling access,” (Moskowitz 85). Tech Pioneers/Time magazine article

Human Behavior

The other day I was just reading the time magazine and I found and article that described the drama of 33 Chilean miners that have being trapped inside a mine for months. They are confined in a very small space 538 sq. ft. (50 sq. m) at 2,300 ft. (700 m) below Chile's Atacama Desert since August 5 and they are facing the possibility of staying there for four months, that will be until December. This is another problem to consider because of the upcoming summer. Psychologists and anthropologists are studying the human behavior by situation analysis and observation.

According to John Fairbank, and expert on traumatic stress from Duke University, these men are experiencing all kind of possible stress. First thing that people undergo after a crisis is what Colonel Tom Kokditz, a psychologist and behavioral science at West Point, called “mortality salience”. Usually people have a normal understanding of death, they know that everybody will die eventually, but when the possibility of death is imminent the human behavior change. People tend to come together as a whole unit when they are facing death. Another thing that caught my attention was that in this kind of crisis the younger guys will probably defer to the older ones because their experience and maturity. In order to maintain these men under control psychologically the experts try to keep them busy and make their live meaningful because this create civility, which prevent conflict and atrocities. Chile's Trapped Miners

Global Visualization

Because globalization has caused a tremendous impact in most of the world, we can see now how some programs in education have been changed in many different disciplines or careers. One of my daughters is a junior in the Parkland High School, so this is the year that she needs to be focused and visualize her career inclination. She started to prepare for the tests and at the same time to search universities of interest. It is amazing to see how universities have changed their perspectives about the kind of programs they need to offer in order to satisfy the needs of today's world. For example, without going too far, Lehigh University has more multi-dynamic programs where students can graduate at the end of their career with two different majors, for example, Engineering and Business. Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt's International Program) offers Study Abroad, international services experiences, and International design projects in Bioengineering. Rice University has programs in Bioengineering like GLHT(minor in global health technology through BTB ( Beyond Traditional Borders), a multidisciplinary program designed to educate and train students to reach beyond traditional disciplines to understand, address and solve global health disparities. Georgia Institute of Technology offers International Plan – degree-long program that integrates international studies/ experiences into majors at Georgia Tech (must be abroad 26 weeks), BME Study/Work Abroad Program – course “International Considerations in Bioindustry” couple w/5-6 month international internship with biotech/medtech/pharmaceutical industry partner.

Business Globalization

Globalization is present and it can be appreciated in many different aspects today. Because of the advance in technology and the revolution of the internet, the entire world is connected. Nowadays, there is an increasing importance in the global business. Big companies cannot just remit to domestic businesses in order to analyze the company's success. They need to be more broad in their business perspectives. According to Nancy Adler and Allison Gundersen in their book “International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior,” foreign competition is seen as a very important factor in the success of the companies' business by more than two thirds of the world's CEOs. Therefore, companies are expecting to increase in the amount of employment and revenues from outside of their countries. That is one of the main reasons for why it is crucial for companies today to invest more time in the study of managing human resources and to learn more about the culture and behavior of other countries in order to maintain and improve good relationship as a strategy to succeed.

 Taken from www.pokeraffiliateuniversity.com

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This semester seems to be interesting. I am taking three classes this fall and two of them are quite related to my interest of starting a small business. Nowadays, I can see that there are so many areas from which somebody can start a business. But on the other hand, it is something so risky and complex that without the prior knowledge this adventure can result in a total disaster. Because of that, I know that to take this challenge I need to be prepared, so I thought that it would be a good idea to earn a MBA degree which will give me the educational knowledge and the management skills that will enable me to reach my goals.

This is about me, what about you?

Hello! I am Marcela and I am originally from Chile, South America. Currently I am living in Allentown where I have been for the last 12 years since I came here in 1998. I obtained my bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Kutztown University. During my senior year I was dedicated to do a research under the supervision of my advisor Dr. Matthew Junker. After that I also decided to explore the clinical field in order to expand my professional knowledge and experience, so I did an internship for about a year at the Reading Hospital Medical Center. I was working in my area for about 2 years. My last job was at RMA Medical Center where I was part of the andrology technical staff working in reproductive medicine and fertilization. I loved my job but usually the schedule in the health industry sucks. This made me come back to the idea that my husband and I had about starting a small business. So I decided to enroll into the MBA program here at Kutztown.

As I said before, I was born in Chile and all of my family stayed in the country. So this summer, I decided to pack up the family and take a month-long vacation. My daughters, Angelica and Raquel, are 15 and 12 years old and were able to see their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents after five years. We also visited my husband's family in Peru where we took time to stop by Cusco city and went to see Machu Picchu, one of the new seven wonders of the world. If you guys would like to try some gourmet foods, you should definitely take a quick 8-hour flight to Peru to taste some of the most amazing dishes. My daughters especially like all of the exotic desserts. Here is a link to one of the most famous Peruvian chefs- Peruvian Food Americans will love

My oldest daughter, Angelica, is soon going to college. She is already in her junior year in high school. How time flies so quickly! I am hoping to finish my MBA in the next three semesters. It's a competition between her and I to see which one can enter/leave college first.