This semester I had my first work experience related to my field of study. I interned with Morningstar which is an independent provider of investment research, financial information on mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds and multiple saving plans (Morningstar 2016). Morningstar’s mission is to provide software, reliable information on its investing site, online and print-based products for individual investors, professional advisors and institutional clients. It has offices in 27 countries including North America, Australia, Asia and Europe (Morningstar 2016). One of the Morningstar offices is located in Central Business District in Sydney on 36 and 37th floors. There are approximately 150 employees in the local Sydney office that are
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Morningstar has an associated company called Ibbotson which focuses on investment management in Australia and provides consulting, research, and helps investors achieve their financial goals (Ibbotson 2016). This year Ibbotson is launching a new product, an analytical software for financial advisors and their clients. Consequently, they held introductory sessions in the second quarter of 2016 all around Australia. Luckily, Marketing team reached out to me with post-event activities where I went through 600 surveys, uploaded them on a database and analysed data by creating visual material (charts, graphs) and a client listening summary. Before this, I’d never think it is possible to get such a deep insight on a product just by reading surveys. Moreover, it was interesting to see what people write on surveys; just by reading so many of them I could imply who was sincerely interested in Ibbotson, and on the other hand, there were some who had a “leave as soon as possible” thought on their …show more content…
That was one of the topics we covered in the workshop. I was lucky enough not to engage in any conflicts because I am very flexible, friendly and nice to everyone in my company. However, with the knowledge I gained from class readings, I can cope with an argument by forcing, accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, or compromising (Golnaz 2013). Personally, whatever the situation is, I would prefer to resolve a conflict by competing as that would mean my idea, or a solution, is given the most value, and consequently, perused by an opposite
Morningstar has an associated company called Ibbotson which focuses on investment management in Australia and provides consulting, research, and helps investors achieve their financial goals (Ibbotson 2016). This year Ibbotson is launching a new product, an analytical software for financial advisors and their clients. Consequently, they held introductory sessions in the second quarter of 2016 all around Australia. Luckily, Marketing team reached out to me with post-event activities where I went through 600 surveys, uploaded them on a database and analysed data by creating visual material (charts, graphs) and a client listening summary. Before this, I’d never think it is possible to get such a deep insight on a product just by reading surveys. Moreover, it was interesting to see what people write on surveys; just by reading so many of them I could imply who was sincerely interested in Ibbotson, and on the other hand, there were some who had a “leave as soon as possible” thought on their …show more content…
That was one of the topics we covered in the workshop. I was lucky enough not to engage in any conflicts because I am very flexible, friendly and nice to everyone in my company. However, with the knowledge I gained from class readings, I can cope with an argument by forcing, accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, or compromising (Golnaz 2013). Personally, whatever the situation is, I would prefer to resolve a conflict by competing as that would mean my idea, or a solution, is given the most value, and consequently, perused by an opposite