Blog 17: Answer 3

1. My EQ is "What is the best strategy a manager can use to make his small business more successful?"

2. My answer 3 is " The best strategy a manager can use is to create a good marketing plan"

3. Good marketing can make your business stand out from your competitors. Without a marketing plan a business would have a tough time trying to get customers. Using the internet for marketing will help a business learn more from their customers.

4. A few sources that support my answer are "10 Tips to Help You Build and Grow a Stand-Out Small Business Brand" and "The Ultimate Marketing Plan: Find Your Hook, Communicate Your Message, Mark Your Mark".

5. After reading through my various research and after the few interviews I've done having good marketing seems to be a great of way for a business to be more successful. It leads to more customers which in turn leads to more profit.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Over the break I primarily worked on my individual component and have finished a lot. It's been a lot of reading, but I've learned a lot from it.

2. All the different things I've been reading about such as how inflation rates have changed and more have been interesting to learn about. These are all important for the fact that I'm learning more of the technical terms regarding business. The source of what I've learned is my Introduction to Business online class.

3. If I were to do an interview with someone regarding answers to my EQ I would find a small business owner or manager to see what they have learned from their experience.

Blog 10: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2.
A. This question does meet the rule of three. This question can have multiple answers and is worded well.
B. The question does meet the rule of three. People can have multiple options as to how to answer this question and the wording is specific but not too much.
C. The question does meet the rule of three. This question is extremely opinion based so multiple answers are possible.
D. This question doesn't meet the rule of three. It seems too specific and doesn't leave much room for different answers.

3. What is the best strategy a manager can use to make their business more successful?

Blog 8- Research and Working EQ

1. My working EQ is "What is the best thing a manager can do to help their business?"
2. What is the best thing a manager can do to help their business?

• Managers should help bring out the best in their employees.

3. The most important or useful source I've found is the article "What Great Managers Do" from Harvard Business Review(http://hbr.org/2005/03/what-great-managers-do/ar/1). I got the answer for my working EQ from this article. This article talks about how great managers are able to find what their employees are good at and helps them build on that. This will overall help the business greatly and is why I used it as my answer.
4. I'm doing my mentorship at my dad's factory. While there I can shadow him and learn more about what a manager does. From the first hand experience I can learn a lot about what a manager does to help their business.

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1. Since I originally didn't know what I wanted my senior topic to be I didn't even know where to start to find a mentor. When I told my parents about it my dad said I could work with him. I mainly did computer work and just followed him around observing what he did but it was overall a good experience. I liked working with him so I decided to make Business Management my senior topic and him my mentor. With my dad being my mentor I knew I would be able to ask things more often and that I would be able to work with him whenever possible.

2. I think that the most important article I have read so far is "Five Strategies Successful Companies Use to Get the Job Done" by Sheryl Nance-Nash. My focusing question is "What do you need to do to run a successful business?" and this article addresses just that with different tips on how some successful businesses stay successful.

Blog 3: Topic Choice & Working EQ

1. My senior project is going to be on business management.

2. My focusing question is " What do you need to do to run a successful business?"

3. Check the link on the right.

Blog 1: 2 Hour Presentations

1.  What presentations did you see?
The senior presentations I watched were Debora Martinez - Social Work for Abused, Eustacio Rodriguez - Educational Nonprofit Management, Ashley Dalan - Occupational Therapy, Michelle Ortega - Neonatal Nursing Intensive Care, Ana Landeros - CalPoly Parking Trans. Service, Steven Robles - Firefighting, Kimberly Gallardo - Personality Disorders, Leo Larino - Basketball, Garett Soapes - Surfing, Juan Rizo - Landscaping, Christine Navarro - Biochemistry (Biofuel), Diego Delgado - High School Basketball, Isabel Vasquez - Teaching Middle School Math, Gustavo Rios - Theatre Acting, Lionel Arellano - Computer Technical Service,  and Felicia Stears - Marine Biology

2.   What questions do you have that haven't been answered about the senior project? This can be about the senior project in general, any components or about a presentation topic you saw or what they said.  
What exactly are the individual components some presenters talked about?
What are the time requirements for the final presentation?
How many activities do you need for the presentation?

3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?
I think finding the best answer to your Essential Question is the most important part of the senior project. All the presenters took time explaining why a certain answer was their best answer so it seems to be really important. 

4. What topic are you considering doing and why?
As of now I'm not completely sure what topic I want to do, but I have been considering business management or maybe something in the medical field. My dad runs a business so I felt it would be easier to start my research on business management from him. I have also been considering a career in the medical field recently so doing my topic on that would be helpful.  

5. What are you doing for your summer mentor ship?
I may go work at my dad's factory to see exactly what a business manager does or if I get the chance to I may try to work at a local clinic.