Here at Pitt, we take Friday’s seriously, especially in the Woodcock Honors Fellowship Program. We hit the streets running, busing to Bakery Square to visit Google Pittsburgh. Arriving at Google, Mike, a Senior Manager at Google, gave an office tour and described the culture, goals, and atmosphere here in Google Pittsburgh. Google Pittsburgh has been…

The mindset of an entrepreneur is extremely creative and brings a new perspective on management. The creativity fosters product enhancement and product differentiation and gives business new energy. Businesses sometimes end up in an uncontrollable spiral, but creativity will bring differentiation from all other firms. In the morning, we learned about microeconomics and different markets….

Today was my first day in Managing in Complex Environments with Professor Lada. After going through the first chapter of the textbook book, I learned just how many variables influence a firm in today’s global society. To understand the systems my peers and I are leaning, we analyzed a Starbucks case from 2007 outlining their…