Verito Novitas (Cellular)

Week 14, 15 & 16...A Sum up for the Whole Experience

2011-07-24T22:51:00.001+08:00

Alright… I guess this should be the last post to sum up my attachment at IKEA HR.
Well for the past 4 months… it is not a wonderful experience but also a enjoyable one, I am really thankful to Jazreel, Christina and Poh Yuen for giving me the chance to work with them and really treated me like a colleague rather than a student attachment.
Thank You Jazreel for giving me the chance to experience Human Resource. Thank you for having me in the department, I have always wanted to have a taste of how things work in Human Resource.
Thank you Christina for been a really wonderful “Da Jie” and also a Mentor to me. You have really taught me many things and really I enjoyed all your “Lectures” and also all the small and big talks we have. Thank you for sharing your experience with me and I am really grateful of all the time, effort and very importantly the trust that you have placed on me.
Thank you Poh Yuen for always there to help me out whenever I am caught into problem that I could not handle. Sorry if I have always been a trouble when it comes to my clocking in and out for lunch or for work. Thanks you for sharing with me the processes of recruiting a co-worker to IKEA and also giving me the chance to go through the experience to be a Recruiter in IKEA.
Overall I think it’s not only a meaningful and fruitful experience but I believe the memories that were shared and created during the attachment process will be the most invaluable one. I am really glad that I am able to be attached to IKEA and I hope in the future more people could go through the same form of experience as me and it will definitely be beneficial for the student in the future when they really step out into the working world.

Week 13

2011-07-13T07:54:00.002+08:00

Ok ... Haha I guess I am late in reporting in my blog
This week :)

This week it quite interesting I was invited to sit in te caalg
Drop meeting where I know better about the theme of the up coming catalog. Really impress with the showroom design and also not forgetting the new product that will be out ... Looking forward
To all those new furnitures !!!

Sign off
Weihao

week 12

2011-06-29T23:20:00.002+08:00

wooo....It been a busy week.... Ok maybe not that busy... manage to meet up with the LO last week...and updated him about the report that i have done for IKEA... Mr Lee is kind enough to guide me through on how i should improve on my report to make it stand out when i submit to the school. Will be working on the report for the school while preparing the presentation that will be made to the HR managers and the executive.

A bit more to go and the last lap will be complete.

Sign off

Weihao

Week 11

2011-06-21T08:08:00.002+08:00

Hmm last week is rather a test for me. As manager is away for the whole week thus I am
Very much on auto pilot mode last week. I am in the process of workin on the report that is for the department head of customer relation department. Very thing is going smoothly as planned so let see how things goes after I give myreport to the department head

It just 5 more weeks toward the end of my internship it has really been fruitful and fun throughout the pass 11 weeks

Sign off
Weihao

10th Week of Intern

2011-06-12T12:56:00.003+08:00

Time is running short and things getting more intense... a bit more to go for my major projects, will be having meetings with the managers this coming week.too many things in mine.

Mentoring
FSC Kids
Voice Result gift
Major Projects and report
Friends Birthday

Trying to get things work out but its just doesn't help...Kinda helpless but what to do?
Kinda tired and reletent to go anything already.But well Not like i am going to give up so easily... I want to see all those happy faces when people recieve the voice gift. I want to see all those happy faces when all my friends are free from all the burden. I may be dumb to carry all the weight myself but non will understand my way of doing things ...

i really want to see you all happy and free from all those burden that you are holding.Expecially you, if you would happen to read this.

Please Take care my friends

6 more weeks to go and i am free from writing the kinda irritating log book.

sign off

9th Week

2011-06-06T23:08:00.002+08:00

Hmm this week was rather busy with all sorts of things. kinda lag behind but well it is quite a fufiling week for me.
went through a 2 day training, what is most interesting and had touch me would be the story of "Famnig" it make me feel glad and proud that i am working in this company who really care about the people and i really mean PEOPLE as a whole. no matter who you are.

The story of Famnig to summaries would be

a supplier in india had some product defect in their children toy and IKEA had to recall all the toys back and stop the supply of the toy, it would end up causing 600 people losing their job. But kind enough a designer went ahead to the supplier and solve the issue and create a new product instead. thus not only the 600 worker kept their rice bowl , the company were able to survive this crisis.

Its a awesome story that i only knew till today.

Looking forward for more stories and challenges ahead.
It shall be a more awesome week ahead

Sign Off

8th Week of Intern

2011-05-29T15:29:00.002+08:00

Wow ... just in a poof half the period of intern is over... things went smooth and well. hmm maybe not that smooth for certain stuff, but well its something that is out of ikea control so i think i should be following up on that the coming week.

hmm the logbook is getting harder and harder to write everyday, have always been cracking my head on what to include on the log book. but so far everyday there is always something new for me to experience and learn and i am greatful for that.

upcoming week i will be completing the last section of the analysis and i will be meeting up with the managers to discuss futher on how can the department work on improving their staff skills and knowledge to provide better services

well a LITTLE MORE TO GO and i will reach the end point...

way to go

looking forward for more and i should be starting to train up for my Standard Chartered run =)

Sign off

Week 7 of internship

2011-05-22T20:47:00.002+08:00

Woo ... Time flies ....

Hmm this week is rather hectic ... I slowly feels rather lost ... There is really alot of things that I really lack out ...but well I think really thank Jazreel, Christina , Poh yuen for guiding me ... I know I might have make some mistake here and there ... Thank you all for bearing with me and continue to guide me through ... I will continue to work on the major project I know I will preserve on ... That should be all for now

Look forward to coming week

Sign off

6th Weeks of Internship

2011-05-14T11:17:00.002+08:00

HAH...been through quite abit this week

this whole week have been using to prepare my Heart Training and conducting it...

its a experience i would say. even though the feedback from the participant are quite ok...but i think there is more that i can do to provide better learning experience for them and its part of honing my personal presentation skills.

thanks to my Christina my supervisor who is there to guide me along and gone through and share with me her experience.if she wasn't there to cover what i had missed out during the training i doubt the training could end so well and proper.

now i need to push all my focus on my major project...
so far everything have went well...looking forwards for more to come...

Sign Off

5th Week of Internship

2011-05-07T00:20:00.002+08:00

Times past really fast...without much notice...it been 5 weeks already...good thing is i only have 11 weeks left...bad thing is also i have 11 weeks left..

Well i have much to accomplish within this 11 weeks
my Major project is on the progress...going through my Analysis stage for the 1st section i am looking through... i think there are quite abit to look into for this section...

Coming thur would be my turn to conduct training...excited and kinda worried...well its gonna be exciting to be able to train other ppl and share my knowledge...worried is more to if this training do not goes well...it not only wasted manhours it also wasted the time of those who attended and not learn something....

well i should spent more time to prepare for this training...=)

Its been fun,exciting...everyday there is always something interesting that is happening...actually i think its all about the people you are working with i guess...looking forward to everyday new excitment =)

sign off

4th Week of Internship

2011-05-01T22:22:00.002+08:00

well...its been quite a fun and busy week for me...but it's so exciting...=)

been into a meeting with so many Assistant Managers...join them into the discussion and even get to voice out my opinion even though i am just a normal worker...i think this is just the culture of IKEA...it does matter who you are, everyone have equal status when it comes to work...this will remove the barrier of not voice-ing out what is not good and what could be improved....

when though quite abit last week
-payroll process
-training calendar planning
-my project analysis

well...i feel kinda lucky that i have such great ppl that i am attached to...not only they are fun to work with...but also they are always there to guide me through and they allow me to work on things and make decision for problems i face...

Looking forward to more ....

Signing off =)

3rd Week of Intern

2011-04-25T23:35:00.002+08:00

well time flies....maybe thats for those we enjoy the things they are doing...

this week...went through quite abit too...

i was introduce to the recuitment process...well never know the whole cycle of hiring a proper staff would take around 1 to 2 months...but after knowing wat is going on ,actually 1 to 2 months might be rather short already.

next i was taught on staff leave benefit...then process medical claims...=)

learn quite abit this week... looking forward to next week

In the process on working on my Major project.
very soon its my day to hold my very first training...time to prepare myself for the not short not long 3hr training !!!

Signing off =)

2nd Week of Internship

2011-04-17T22:25:00.002+08:00

Hmm... another week just fly off like that... well so far i think that i am having fun in HR Dept..

I learn quite a lot this week.

i prepared Training Evaluation Summary for all trainer who conducted training.the summary will help them understand better how were the training they conducted and feedback from the participant on hwo the trainer can improve on their delivering skills

for my major project.
the Learning Needs Analysis that i research and study on last week helps me understand how to build up and evaluate what is needed for the training.

for my minor project (conduct a 3 hr training about improving customer service)
got a new assignment this week on Adult Learning. so i reached on Malcom Knowles and also Adult Learning Principal.

So well... i think this week have went through fast. time to work on my assignment =)

1st Week of Internship

2011-04-10T15:38:00.004+08:00

Initially was rather worried due to the fact that i do not have any knowledge nor any HR background.It am glad that i am attach to wonder mentor who taught me a lot throughout the week.They were all fun and nice to work with...randomly we can just crack joke out of the blue...
With their help i got adjusted to the environment quickly.Through out this week i have been through many things.
E.g like:

Finalising my Major Project (Analysing Possible Future Training Programme)

Taking up Minor Project (Conducting a 3Hr Training about Improving Customer Service)
quite looking forward to the 3 hr training i gonna conduct...well i have to start my preparation and planning for the training.

Working on all those admin work like updating the Training record database...

Overall, i enjoy myself due to all my collegues around me. they never fail to assist me whenever i raise any question.They through with me the details about different part of HR.Now i have a clearer pciture about what am i going through. LOoking forward to every single weekday now =) WOOHOO...

Last Tutorial

2011-02-02T22:24:00.002+08:00

Our Last Tutorial would be about Risk Assessment

Firstly we list down issues that might affect the projects and look into its impact and chance of occurring

Next , we rank all those issue according to their importance and impact on the project

Lastly, we look deeper into the top 5 issues and further analyse the issue

From the top 5 issues we choose the top 2 issues and create an deeper analysis

1. Wrong choice of materials

The impact of having wrong choice of material will result in overspending and over shot the schedule time.

If Wrong material chosen, so we have to look for a new supplier to purchase the material and produce the goods all over again. This will result in extra expenditure for the company.
So it will increase the time spend to look for supplier to provide material. The company has to test the material to ensure it is suitable for making the hover board, once it is confirmed the company would have to awaiting the bulk purchase of the material to arrive and start to manufacture the product

2. Over spending

Once the budget is over spent, the project will lack of fund to continue, thus lead to project failure, unless new shareholder enter the business.

If the budget is overspent, the team would have to look for new shareholder/sponsors to fund the project. If fail to find sufficient funds the project would have to come to end.

This would lead to spending too much time in looking for new shareholders and delay the project schedule. Thus the company might not be able to deliver their product orders on time and might lead to law sue case or end up paying fines.

Tutorial 3 & 4

2011-02-02T21:24:00.006+08:00

Its been awhile since i last update my progress about our HoverBoard Project...
From our WBS we derive our AON and Gantt Chart for our project.

GANTT CHART

AON

Tutorial 3

Tutorial 3 we do a estimation of our cost and earning for our project...and we have a 145% ROI which shows that our project are profitable

HoverBoard MindMap

2010-12-20T22:55:00.006+08:00

Its Been a Looonnngggg Looonnnnggggg time since i update my blog again...

Here is the lastest Mindmap that we created for out HoverBoard Project...
Having a Mindmap helps us think about all those things that we need to complete before a bigger task could be completed as a whole.

Busy Like a Bee (Tutorial 1 (PM)) & OCA 1

2010-11-06T01:39:00.003+08:00

Hmm...its been awhile since i update my blog...it have been a busy week for me and this coming week it will be worst.
so many things to complete and so little time and i could not split myself up.

Alright back to topic
During tutorial lesson we had a wonderful time talking about our crazy idea (hover board) but best of all we had a ice cream treat before the lesson begin hah .
well well i got sabotage by the group to be the group leader so i had to do a short presentation of our hoverboard idea.hmm so i was just thinking about coke and mentos so i think why not we just make use of mentos and coke to let us fly around =) crazy ya ? but you never know till then..... next we were given our first tut to complete by 4th Nov 23.59 basically it is our project details i have listed it down below

TUTORIAL 1
CLASS: DEB 2A22
Group Leader: Tan Wei Hao
Group Members: Toh Leong Chin
Timothy Tay
Tan Pei Lan Peggy
1) Project Objectives
• Reduce Pollution
• Reduce seriousness of accident
• Ease traffic congestion

2) Scoping of the project which includes:
Estimate Duration
• Planning 6 Months
• Design
o Idea / Drafting 1 Months
o Gathering Materials 4 Months
o Prototype 4 Months
o Test 6 Months
o Fine Tuning 4 Months
• Market Survey 1 Months
• Test Market 2 Months
• Marketing / Public Relation 2 Months
Estimated Cost
• Marketing $50,000/year
• Material $544 per unit X 12,000 units = $6,528,000/year
• Man Power $381,600/year
• Research and Development $50,000/year
• Manufacturing $150,000/year
• Administrative $10,000/year
• Office $20,000/year
Total $7,189,600/year

Responsibility Matrix
• Project Leader
Analyze all research done by the teammate, Allocate Deadline for all task to be completed.
• Designer
Drafting products, research on design that would interest the public to buy the products
• Accountant
Ensure positive cash flow in the company, ensure budget is not overspent
• Scheduler
Plan out time that the team could have meetings and discussion and ensure all discuss details are been taken note.
Current Issue
• Need to find a suitable material for the product
• Safety issue
• Government intervention
• License issue
• Budget of project
• Man power needed for the project
Man Power Requirements
• Salesman
• Logistics
• Marketers
• Top Management
• Research and Development
• Administrative staff
• Engineers
Resources Requirement
Materials
• Solar Panel [$216]
• Battery [$22]
• Fuel [$2]
• Aerogel (a very light weighted material) [$24]
• Exhaust pipe [$20]
• Motor [$65]
• Wires [$100]
• Bluetooth chip (to connect hover board and remote control) [$15]
• Composite material [$80]
Expenditure
• Factory rental
• Marketing expenditure
• Wages expenditure
• Machinery
• Office rental
• Office furniture & stationary expenses

after which during our lecturer we were given a Outside Class Activity OCA... well i manage to complete it slightly earlier and have it submitted .i would say it wasn't hard but it wasn't easy too , all the example i had to crack my brain and think about it but its a good experience =)

here is my question and ans =)

Wei Hao: List three reasons why a project must be managed.
Illustrate an example to the reasons provided.
1. A project must be managed as every project has a timeline set and the project have to be completed on the specific time, if no one is there to manage it there would be a chance that the project might overshot the time limit that is given and lead to company lost of money and reputation of the company could be at stake.
• Company ABC signed a contract with Company BCD and was suppose to complete the project of building Product #001 by 31th Oct 2010 but due to certain problem encountered by the company ABC was unable to present Product #001 to the Company BCD on time. This might lead to Company have to pay for the loss of Company BCD.

2. A project requires a team to complete it. So every single worker have to be managed to ensure their working performance, this will ensure the project would go on smoothly and work can go on to complete on time. If no one is there to ensure the workers are productive the project might be at risk of failing.
• Team A was tasked to complete Project ABC by end of the week, but due to some disagreement during the meeting about the project, among the teammates in the team they are not cooperating with each other to get the task completed. Thus project should be managed to ensure the team would be productive and the workers would come to an agreement during discussion

3. Projects have to be managed to ensure the qualities of all jobs done are up to standard and safe. If job are done not up to standard it would not only tarnish the company reputation, it might also endanger the life of others.
• Company B was tasked to build a bungalow for Customer A. During the process of the project, due to inflation, the cost of raw materials increased. Thus Team B decided to cut costs in raw materials and ended up buying materials of lower grade. After the project ended, the bungalow collapsed and injured some people. This might lead to Company B being sued by the customer and the injured parties.

well well thats all for now folks time for me to work on other stuff
till then =) ...............

Special Fren Unique Goals

2010-10-29T20:58:00.002+08:00

hah clive...
lets review this next year during our special day haha

Clive's Target
UP my PES
go bmt
become officer
learn to swim
play drum
build 6 packs
run 2.4km in 9.25 mins.
Read at least 12 books

My Target
hmm....
complete my NYAA GOLD
drag up my GPA to 3.2
Last 1 Secret between me and my special fren haha .

thats should be all , may we achieve all our targets by end of next year of our special day =)

Crazy Idea With Crazy People

2010-10-25T08:54:00.004+08:00

It was kinda a busy week for me having to planning a flag day , doing all sort of mentoring stuff but it was fun. it was so busy that i only have some time now to update my blog

Last week during Project Management Lesson
My Group (Peggy , Timo ,LeongChin ) we have to come out with a project we want to do . somehow this crazy idea came into us HOVERBOARD. sounds cool huh.

After some discussion we though of wanting to have a controller to control the hoverboard and the shape of the correction tape comes in handy. it was fun having this discussion lots of laughter and crazy idea came across our minds.

This is our final draft of the drawing...look cool huh... more will come soon...

Time to Start anew

2010-10-19T23:33:00.003+08:00

Things will all begin again...this blog will be use for my Project Management .
New Sem Started
Mentoring Session Ending
New Committment in work
New Life
New Beginning