XiuQi Yao Professor Habich Mgmt 350 March 19, 2017 self-reflection I am an international student from China. In China, students simply to study in the school without any internship of part-time work until they graduate. As a result, after the graduation, the students experience the first time of joining the society and taking a job. As an international student, I haven’t developed communication skills and I did not even know how important they are before I took the MGMT350 class. I am now really grateful for the opportunity to take this class and I appreciate it very much. The first thing I learned from the class is how to write a resume and a cover letter. Before the class, I thought resume and cover letter is the same thing which is similar to an article needed for introducing oneself to recruiters. I did not realize how important the resume and cover letter are and the extent to which they might define the success or failure of job searching process. I realized that the resume and cover letter are one’s first step towards the future life. During the class, I have realized that writing a resume or cover letter is not similar to writing an article. In this process, it is crucial to choose the most suitable style for your resume. One can choose a form of functional or chronological resumes and organize it either as a direct or indirect report. Then it is necessary to create clear points and think over headlines for each part. I think that a thorough resume should demonstrate applicant’s competence and be logical, which would help it to capture recruiters eye-sight. As a result of the class, now I know how to structure a cover letter and a resume and which information to include in them. Thus, I would be able to create a professional and attractive resume as well as to write a cover letter that would draw the attention of potential employers and help me to move forward in my career. The second thing I learned from the class is how to accomplish work in a team. While being a part of a group, we can collect more ideas from the group members, so the work efficiency would be increased. Such understanding implies that establishing a successful group first requires setting a common goal that can attract people with the same interest and then defining an intercommunication channel. For instance, I chose a case study about Whole Foods Market on blackboard and I met with the team members who were also interested in this case study. Thus, we have created a discourse community focused on the case of Whole Foods Market. We communicated, shared our ideas, were looking for useful information to combine it with our own ideas to complete the case study successfully. This appeared to be an effective way to write an assignment since one gains more knowledge and has more ideas to think about. The last but not least finding was that one needs to develop communication skills, including writing as well as speaking. At the beginning of the class, I used to give .

1. XiuQi Yao
Professor Habich
Mgmt 350
March 19, 2017
self-reflection
I am an international student from China. In China,
students simply to study in the school without any internship of
part-time work until they graduate. As a result, after the
graduation, the students experience the first time of joining the
society and taking a job. As an international student, I haven’t
developed communication skills and I did not even know how
important they are before I took the MGMT350 class. I am now
really grateful for the opportunity to take this class and I
appreciate it very much.
The first thing I learned from the class is how to write a
resume and a cover letter. Before the class, I thought resume
and cover letter is the same thing which is similar to an article
needed for introducing oneself to recruiters. I did not realize
how important the resume and cover letter are and the extent to
which they might define the success or failure of job searching
process. I realized that the resume and cover letter are one’s
first step towards the future life. During the class, I have
realized that writing a resume or cover letter is not similar to
writing an article. In this process, it is crucial to choose the
most suitable style for your resume. One can choose a form of
functional or chronological resumes and organize it either as a
direct or indirect report. Then it is necessary to create clear
points and think over headlines for each part. I think that a
thorough resume should demonstrate applicant’s competence
and be logical, which would help it to capture recruiters eye-
sight. As a result of the class, now I know how to structure a
cover letter and a resume and which information to include in
them. Thus, I would be able to create a professional and

2. attractive resume as well as to write a cover letter that would
draw the attention of potential employers and help me to move
forward in my career.
The second thing I learned from the class is how to
accomplish work in a team. While being a part of a group, we
can collect more ideas from the group members, so the work
efficiency would be increased. Such understanding implies that
establishing a successful group first requires setting a common
goal that can attract people with the same interest and then
defining an intercommunication channel. For instance, I chose a
case study about Whole Foods Market on blackboard and I met
with the team members who were also interested in this case
study. Thus, we have created a discourse community focused on
the case of Whole Foods Market. We communicated, shared our
ideas, were looking for useful information to combine it with
our own ideas to complete the case study successfully. This
appeared to be an effective way to write an assignment since
one gains more knowledge and has more ideas to think about.
The last but not least finding was that one needs to
develop communication skills, including writing as well as
speaking. At the beginning of the class, I used to give the
professor a paper with numerous grammar and word usage
mistakes. Under professor’s guidance, I was very lucky to get a
chance to improve my writing skills with the help of the writing
center. During the class, I realized that communication is not
only about knowing what one wants to express. It is more
important to express the ideas clearly and create a message that
the receiver would understand. This task is even more
complicated in the case of oral speaking. I acknowledge that
speaking is very hard for an international student, especially
public speaking. But since I am now studying in America, I
need more exercise, and this is what I also received in the class.
After a presentation in the class, I understand that it is highly
important to speak. Speaking often tends to help to improve oral
English as well as to boost confidence and provide more
courage. This happens if one’s speech is accepted, for which I

3. am grateful to my classmates and professor, encouraging me to
challenge myself.
In overall, it is necessary to admit that taking this class
appeared a challenging experience for me. Before the class, I
did not understand the importance of communication, which
also implies not knowing the principles of communication
within a group. In this situation, the class helped me to learn
important things and to make attempts to apply the gained
knowledge on practice. I have learned about writing a
successful resume and cover letter, which might help me in my
career. Similarly, I gained a chance to practice my writing and
speaking, which is an important experience for me as for an
international student. Finally, the class showed me the value of
working in a group and the essential role of communication
throughout the whole process. The gained experience has
provided me with the new knowledge that I would be able to
apply in the future, so I am very grateful for the class and the
opportunity to participate in it.
Assignment Instructions
· The scenario:
Because the company is growing and adding more employees,
Lucky Fellows—the CFO for Sweets Bakery & More—wants all
employee orientations to be more consistent than they have been
in the past. He has started a list of topics to be covered. Mr.
Fellows has asked you to complete the list and create a
PowerPoint presentation. He also wants you to include a new
employee benefit: Profit Sharing—Five percent of net profits
will be shared with employees.
For this assignment, you will need the following files:
New blank PowerPoint presentation
Employee_Orientation
You will save your files as:
Lastname_Firstname_Orientation_Outline

4. Lastname_Firstname_Orientation_Presentation
1. Open the Word file Employee_Orientation.
2. Promote, demote, and move items so that the items display in
a more logical order.
3. Save the file as Lastname_Firstname_Orientation_Outline
4. Import the Word document into PowerPoint.
5. Modify the presentation by
· inserting or deleting slides
· applying a theme
· changing the slide layout
· applying character spacing
· applying text shadow
6. and inserting and modifying at least one SmartArt graphic or
shape.
7. Add speaker’s notes to at least three slides.
8. Save the presentation as
Lastname_Firstname_Orientation_Presentation In both files,
insert the your name in the footer.
Upload the completed assignment files in the Assignment
area.
· Special Instructions:Use the Supporting Materials below to
complete the project.
· Grading: Please review the rubrics for particulars.
Grading Rubrics
Performance Level
Exemplary
Accomplished
Developing
Beginning
Points
Performance Element
You consistently applied the relevant skills.
You sometimes, but not always, applied the relevant skills.
You rarely or never applied the relevant skills.
You never applied the relevant skills.

5. 10/10
Modify Outline
Outline modified to display information in a logical order
Outline is modified, but some items do not display in a logical
order
Outline is modified, but most items do not display in a logical
order
Outline is not modified
Exemplary 10
Accomplished 7-9
Developing 4-6
Beginning 0-3
Points:
Create PowerPoint Presentation
Presentation created using Word Outline, modified to include a
theme, varied slide layouts, character spacing, text shadow, and
SmartArt
Presentation created, but it is missing two or fewer
modifications
Presentation is missing more than two modifications
Presentation is missing most of the modifications
Exemplary 10
Accomplished 7-9
Developing 4-6
Beginning 0-3
Points:
Speaker notes included in presentation
Speaker notes are added to at least three slides
Speaker notes are added to only two slides
Speaker notes are added to only one slide
No speaker notes are added to the presentation
Exemplary 10
Accomplished 7-9
Developing 4-6

6. Beginning 0-3
Points:
Supporting Materials
Word file Employee_Orientation.
Sweets Bakery & Café – New Employee Orientation
History of Sweets Bakery & More
Started in Houston in 1995
Serve specialty breads, breakfast sweets, desserts
Organization People:
Nichole Silver, Chief Baker
Patricia Williams, Executive Chef
Sam Taylor, CEO
Lucky Fellows, CFO
Employee Benefits:
Health Insurance
Vacation
Life Insurance
Retirement Benefits
Educational Opportunities
Performance Review:
Frequency
Review Process
Forms
Paperwork:

7. Tax forms
Insurance forms
Beneficiary forms
Retirement forms