Roadblocks
What do you do when you hit a roadblock?
It seems that I’ve been living with roadblocks throughout the course. I began well and had a lot of pre-course work completed, a lot of writing done about the topic, and a clear problem statement. Still when it came to writing during the course I hit roadblocks. [...]
Introducing the Introduction
The introduction of any piece of writing can provide guidance when the distraction and blockages take over. I wouldn’t say I am blocked or distracted, just lacking some focus. So I am returning to my introduction for guidance.
The University of Phoenix SAS group provides a nice rubric for doctoral students which outlines the necessary elements [...]
Including All the Generations
Feedback on my gap analysis is back and it includes the guidance to consider other generations besides Y. This is an interesting turn in the dissertation, I had not intended to include X, Boomers, Lost, etc into the analysis for a few reasons. Chiefly, that these generations are not the next big boom in employment [...]
Telling My Story
Dan posted a wonderful comment the other day about the gap analysis project. His advice was to think about the discussion as the story thus far. This helped me think about the project in a different way and echoed the advice of my mentor who understands that this literature search is never completed and continually [...]
Getting my Ducks in a Row
Just a moment ago I posts about herding the squirrels of my literature to support my gap analysis project. Whatever happened in that blog post helped me to more formally identify the gap and now I thought I’d share the results:
The problem is workplace training is not designed to engage members of the Millennial [...]
Snowed In…
Perhaps it is the universe giving me no distractions or it could just be a weather system coincidence. Whatever the reason, Buffalo is set to get socked today through Sunday with a 12-18″ of snow (which is unusual despite popular misconception of my fair city).
This is going to give me an opportunity to remain focused [...]
Every Waking Moment
Some recent guidance from my mentor was to spend every waking moment “in the library”. Sage advice, again, I’ve been wrestling with a terrible pain problem stemming from my genitofermoral nerve. Needless to say, the problems relate to both the genito and the femoral and it is highly unpleasant. It also prevented me from sitting [...]
A Flashlight in the Dark
As I approached DOC/722 I began to envision the class as a dark box in the curriculum. Professors and other students would hint at the course but nothing that provided a comforting familiarity with what the course was about.
I am fortunate that my mentor sent along the syllabus and some working documents in advanced. Even [...]
When you are the Expert
DOC/722 is off and running. I’ve been having a long week with work, depleting energy levels, and a doctor’s appointment that had me a little worried. Not to worry, everything is fine and now I am back on target.
The class has begun with a collection of prior work relating to the topic. I am glad [...]
Slight Course Correction
I’ve been thinking a lot about my dissertation topic and making a minor course correction. Frequent readers know that I am looking to study the effect of using collaborative learning through blogs, wikis, and podcasts on generation y worker performance. The main idea here is to implement a training intervention where traditional instructor-led training is [...]