My Vision- Minding the Mind

In this chapter- Minding the minds- the author expresses his wishes of success  to the people of the UAE, and encourages all of them especially youth, to make their own success story. He said ,"I was part of this and I would like you and your children to continue the work for the sake of all Arabs."

AlMaktoum, M. (2012). My Vision: Challenges in the race for excellence, Dubai, UAE, Motivate publishing.

My Vision - Chapter Five

In this section, decision making and teamwork, the author states that team decision making can help to make the group work more closely together. It also improve the motivation and the performance as everyone in the team seeks to contribute to achieving the best for all. I was touched by the author when he said that Dubai government does not proceed any project unless it has reviewed by a very expert team. The reason behind being touched with this vision is I see that Dubai embraces many successful projects on the the reality ground.

Source integration- Foxdale Trip

Based on the Foxdale interview information with one of the Foxdale resident that I met last month, who was the Dean of Library System at Penn State, she mentioned that the library system in the mid twentieth century were required to provide more space for books and readers. Early libraries were small and inside buildings rather than entire structure. Moreover, the early libraries were depended in physical research for books and sources, and the technology system were not implemented at that time.

I started looking for information to compare the differences between the university library system in the past and the present. I found that the current university library system is more sophisticated and the students are able to begin their research by accessing through electronic system using their student ID and password. “Students are able to access newspapers, magazines, books, scholarly journals and more with the search engine” (Cited in Hricik, 2011).

 

References

Hricik, M. (2011, March 24). PSU libraries test new search system. Retrieved from: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_87040c38-7674-54de-b928-4ab8894f9470.html

 

 

 

My vision - chapter Four- Management

The Arab world facing a crisis of management not of money or resources.

Good management requires a capable manager that can lead people out of crisis.

The main goal of management is to choose the best policies and decisions and convert them into targets. 

The relationship between the leadership and the people is similar to that between parents and children.

Routine and laziness are the most enemies of the development.

A leader conceives a vision and outlines a strategy to implement it, while the manager is a link in the implementation process. 

AlMaktoum, M. (2012). My Vision:challenges in the race for excellence, Dubai, UAE: Motivate publishing.

My Vision- Chapter three

This week I continued reading the chapter 3 of my favorite book My vision. In this  chapter, the author demonstrates the concept of true leadership, and the qualities of leaders. The author mentioned that good leaders should have faith in god, country, peaple and always keep their promises. He also asserts that leader should be self confidence, far- sightedness and have a good judgement.

My Trip to Voxdale village

This week I had an opportunity to visit the retirement community at state college to find out more about the resident's life and their experiences. This trip allows me to meet older adults to learn more about their elder's life experiences, travel, interests and advice. I had a facsinating conversation with one of the residents Ms Nancy who was the Dean of Library System at Penn State. I think these trip is building new connection with new friends which helps us to see the world more clearly as I had a brief look through Ms Nancy life and experiences. 

My Vision- chapter two

The title if this chapter is MY VISION, and the author mentioned the features of a true leader's vision. He asserts that leaders must have comprehensive imagination and planning. He also adds that leaders should take the initiatives as a challenging for the benifits of the society. 

In your opinion, what are the factors of true leadership? 

Chapter 1/ My Vision- challenging in the race of excellence

This book is for Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Almaktoom, Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. The author give an explanation of why The UAE and particularly Dubai, has succeeded in the past and why they will do so in the future.  He also examines different aspect of the UAE development experience and how Dubai city achieved the excellent status from regional economic centre into an international hub. In the first chapter, the author explain how the development achievement of the country helps to catch up with the rest of the world, also he stated that " To ensure the succes, we have to join the race and win". He also mentioned an example of the Lion and Gazelle when he said " whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive. 

Almaktoum, M ( 2012). My Vision. Dubai. Motivate publishing.

Independent Reading #2(Americanah)

This week, I continue read my favorite book the Americanah. In  Chapter 2, the author writes about Obinze's daily life who is Ifemelu's old boyfriend. Obinze is a rich man who owns a Rang Rover and expensive properties in Nigeria, and Ifemelu is an success writer especially about race in America. when Ifemelu return to her homeland Nigerian, she met Obinze and they  shared together the passions and challenges of their country. One of the issues was about the honesty of the people in Nigeria, and the author stated that " You are hungry and honest, that is very rare in this country" and she added, " everybody is hungry in this country, even the rich men are hungry, but nobody is honest."
                                                              Reference:
Adichie, C. (2014). Americanah, New York, a Penguin Random House Company.

The Americana, p 1-21

This week I had opportunity to read few pages from the Americana. It was interesting to me because I looked into the author way of writing the single story when she introduces different character in depth, such as The Infemelu city in Princelton, and also when she observe and talk to variety of people. The author from Nigeria and has been living in United States for 13 years. What surprised me that the way she writes blog on race and how she present the hair issue as an example, and connected to the main idea. The story and dialog was interesting and easy to me to understand with some new vocabulary words which I learned.

My independent reading book

Hi, 

In this semester I will share with you my comments and thoughts about my favourite book as details mentioned below,

Title: My vision: challenges in the rece of excellence.

Author: H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoom

UAE Vice President and Ruler of Dubai

Best regards, 

Ibrahim Alloghani

What is one thing you are looking forward to this semester?

In this semester I am looking to develope  my English in advance level, enhance my skills in most professional methods, and working together with classmates and our teacher to achieve this gaol. 

What are you planning to study in the future?

My future academic goal is to join the LLM program at the Penn State School of Law. I am holding a BA in Law, and I have rich experience in legal field. Because of my challenging occupation which requires me to keep develope and enhance my legal knowledge, I thought that the best way to achieve that is by shape the experience with additional higher education.

What were you doing before you came to the IECP?

I was working in justice department at legal advisory office, and my duties was to provide an adequate legal advice according to the United Arab Emirates's legal provisions, to different attorneys and private sectors.