Week 13: The Overall Experience

           The impact working on WSBN gave me was a glimpse into my future, and that I personally would not like to work in sales.  The door-to-door aspect of my internship was an experience that really took a toll on me.  It was beneficial because it helped my presentation skills since I only have roughly a minute to introduce myself, and the idea of the network, but I just didn’t enjoy it at all.  It was good that I got to experience it though because otherwise I wouldn’t have known. 

            The goals I set out for myself were to stick to the schedule I made myself since it was a flexible position.  I did a good job working at the times I set out for myself and following the guidelines of getting things done.  I always kept up with the spread, and got the brochures made right off the bat. 

            My overall experience didn’t meet my expectations.  I was looking forward to things they promised, like teaching the seminars about social networking and creating something new.  However, it wasn’t organized at all and I felt like I was hung out to dry for months.  They were not sure on what they wanted and a lot of the time they were not open to my ideas.  It was poorly run in the beginning, however I now have reason to believe it will get better because of all my hard work.  Since it is picking up now, I would recommend this experience to other students; it has potential to be really great.   

Week 11: Codes of Conduct

             Since the organization I work for is not a formal network, there is no written code of professional conduct that I am held too.  The understood policies are just the policies that guide society, things such as being honest, hard work ethic, treating others with respect.  The guidelines are followed by all four of us that are working at generating the network.  As far as how ethical concerns are met, it is dealt with in the same way.

            There have not been any ethical concerns since I have been on as the intern, but I would assume that if something were to arise as an ethical dilemma it would be handled similarly to all real businesses.  There would be a certain protocol that would look at the situation and analyze what would need to be done in a professional way. 

The network because it is so informal, holds each of us to our standards and values, meaning we all act as though we are at our other jobs in a serious professional way.  No dilemmas have come between us because we all respect each other and do our own work.  If the problem were to arise though, I’m sure we would all work together and handle the situation.