martes, 27 de mayo de 2014

Trip out!

If i had a lot of money, i would be traveling around the world. But i have to choose 6 places to go.
The chosen places are: Cuba, New York, Europe (a tour of France, Italy, Germany, Austria), Egypt, Beijin and Moscow.


I chose Cuba because is a very different country with warm people, and with an interesting history; New York because i would like to know one of the most famous cities in the world; Europa because you can meet many countries in a short time; Egypt because i have to know the pyramids; Beijin because China has a totally different culture and Beijin is an awesome city (i think) and Moscow because cause me curious.

Specifically i would like to see the museums in Cuba, go to broadway in New York (for this i need a lot of money, i know), eat a lot in Italy and France, see the pyramids in Egypt, know the chinese wall, and enjoy the architecture in Moscow.

The route would begin in Cuba, then would travel by plane to New York. I would continue traveling by plane to Europe where would tour the countries. Then (by plane) would travel to Egypt, and finally would arrive to Moscow.

I would love to travel with friends, but i also would like to travel alone. Both have their charm. Traveling with friends makes it more fun to go out and have fun but traveling alone allows meet more people in the cities.
Ideally this trip would last about a year. This would be a tourist trip but i would really like to travel a semester or a year to study in another country, meet people, learn as much as i can and then go back to Chile to apply new knowledge (in professional and private life).

lunes, 26 de mayo de 2014

welcome to Chile


I hate inequality.



It is said that Chile is a developing country, that the economy is stable, we think that we are the best country in South America. Chile seems to be a great country but not all that glitters is gold.
Chile is the OECD country with most income inequality,
 while a few live comfortably (increasing GDP), many
struggle to survive.

We don't have free education, we are indebted to study (when i finish my studies, my debt will be more than 30000 dollars), competitive logic impede quality education. 
Our children are educated as numbers, with no chance to think freely. From birth are destined to be poor, to not think, to be the working hand. This is neoliberalism. The State has a minimal role that is not enough to ensure the welfare of their own nation, but has a leading role  protecting the capitalist.
Observed inequality is no accident, it's part of the ideal system for the elite. 

We, college students, are also part of an elite, some had money, some luck, others a supportive family. Privileged as we are, we must fight for a better country, without inequality, without injustice. I hate inequality, but I hate even more the arrogance of the chileans, there is none so blind as those that cannot see.

I also hate laziness and complacency, we are young, we have to work now and always for our people, for the excluded, for the forgotten, for Chile.

I admit, I hate many things, but I love the chileans who struggle every day against the absurd and neoliberal policies imposed by governments.




martes, 20 de mayo de 2014

My Career is in Gear

The person i choose is Henri Fayol.



He was a mining engineer but he became famous for his contributions to the administration. He was born in 1841 in Istambul.  Fayol became managing director in 1888 of the "Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambault-Decazeville".

his most important contributions were "the Principles of management". 
One of the principles is "division of work": work specialization is very important for efficient organization. Currently the division of work is employed in organizations of all kinds.
Other principle is "Equity": is about being fair to the employee.
"Remuneration": fair pay to employees.

We can see that the contributions of Fayol are terms that deal in all organizations today.

He also published important books like "Industrial and General Administration" and "General and Industrial Management."

Fayol was one of the major contributors to the classical approach to management, we need to understand their approach to the era in which he lived. Their contributions were important because they ordered and classified concepts that are present in every organization.

In my career we have to read Fayol's books a lot of times. I met him because in the subject "organization theory" we had too read chapters of "General and Industrial Management".

Honestly I prefer modern authors who write about human relationships of the organizations.