Learning is the core component of our academic journey through college. Yet, the medium of education isn’t always so transparent. Primarily, we focus on our academic coursework, taking in new concepts and, as a result, expanding upon our knowledge base. The BADM395 Practicum course did just that–albeit in a more transformative way. The skill of …
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Always Move Forward
Looking back on the semester, this was the first time I worked on a client based project quite like this. While concurrent to the Information Systems and Operations Management Practicum I was also in Illinois Business Consulting, it was fascinating to be able to see two different types of client facing projects at once. This …
Main Lessons of BADM 395IOP
The Information Systems and Operations Management Practicum taught me a lot of valuable lessons. This was my first time being exposed to real clientele and completing a semester-long project. There are two main lessons I learned from this semester, each of which will guide me as I begin my professional career. The first big lesson …
Action Learning
This course has been a really unique experience for me. It has allowed me to learn meaningful lessons from a unique real-world experience. I believe that among all the courses I have taken, this one goes beyond grades. It is not a course where the focus will be to get good grades, but the focus …
Importance of Communication
There are several real-life skills I have learned from this IS/OM Practicum Course. From project management skills to technical skills, I know that I will be able to apply these skills somewhere down my future career path. However, it was not an easy journey in my team’s project completion. When my team and I met …
Valuable experience that can be applied to real-life
As students at a well-known university, it is oftentimes difficult to get the opportunity to apply concepts and topics learned within the classroom. I signed up to take the IS/OM Practicum course, taking a previous course with Professor Vishal, in order to get experience working on a real project with a real client, allowing me …
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Having an Open-Mind
As I reflect on this semester, there are a lot of key takeaways from this course that will help me in my future professional development. However, one key takeaway I will have from this course is having an open mind. I personally feel this is such an important characteristic to have in your everyday lives …
Communication is Key
This semester, I have learned a great deal about working in a team, and working in a more professional setting. Communication is a huge thing that I learned about and I was not the best communicator. An example would be asking questions. Personally, I was not one who would ask a lot of questions, with …
Reflection
My name is Megan, and I am a senior majoring in Information Systems. Before taking this course, all I wanted to do is to just find a course that allows me to challenge myself. In the past three years of college, although I did find some courses challenging, most of them are me learning about …
Confidence One Step at a Time
College, I believed, was a time for discovery. It is a time where we open our minds to discovery as we are provided the opportunity to explore all that the world has to offer us, a time for us to fumble haphazardly as we try all paths of life until we find the one that …