What does Williamsburg (Virginia) have to do with Lima (Peru)? How does project management (in a software engineering environment) relate to liberation theology? Why am I interested in joining the CSU community to pursue excellence in business administration?
The study of ethics took on personal meaning to me last year when Colorado Christian University asked me to teach a course entitled Personal and Social Ethics. One of my students (Amber DeNooy) wrote an excellent final paper on her philosophy of life as part of her completion of a bachelor's degree. Her paper reminds me of how our discussions of facts and choices, perspective and decision are integral to how we approach life; her paper is posted at http://via.mullaneyvision.net/ccu/ethics-finalpaper-adn.pdf . The course included a text on business ethics by O. C. Ferrell (et al), who turns out to be a professor at CSU; I was very pleased to use his website (http://www.e-businessethics.com/) and wondered if I would have an opportunity to explore this important discipline in more detail some day.
Colorado State University offers me a program in which I can investigate how important concepts such as ethics, leadership and project management apply to all aspects of supporting or running a successful business. The MBA courses address areas that are very familiar to me (such as Information Technology, leadership and communication) as well as areas that would contribute to my impacting the international business community in a positive and more complete way. CSU's presence in Fort Collins has made the last nine years of my life more enjoyable; benefits include friendships with faculty, staff and students as well as a campus to provide resources for research and recreation in the heart of the city.
The MBA program supports my career goals; as summarized in my resume, those goals are to apply existing Project Manager experience, PMP certification and a technical background in project management to resolve needs of a business environment striving to flourish. Many or perhaps even all companies claim to value results and work together to win; however, when one looks at where they invest time, energy and resources and when one tracks the decisions that they make along with the bottom line performance, the discerning professional may determine that the company does not even understand what flourish really means.
Striving to flourish is a concept that includes both effort and direction of the contributor as well as a consistent series of results that represent success in terms of accomplishment of corporate goals, contribution to the community and financial soundness. Such an environment must recognize and embrace the importance of multi-disciplinary, diverse and international approaches to solving business problems. Perhaps this is why I hope to build on a heritage developed in Williamsburg (my birthplace), expanded in Lima (through a Junior Year Abroad program and later through marriage) and exercised in the study and practice of many aspects of a truly liberating theology (even in environments such as software development labs).
I enjoy people.
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