Econ 490 Fall Joan Robinson

I am a member of the service fraternity on campus, Alpha Phi Omega, and last year I served on the 5K committee that was responsible for planning and hosting the annual APO 5K event. Every year the service fraternity hosts the 5K race to raise money for a different charity of choice. We raise donations by selling 5K shirts, a spot in the 5K, hosting fundraising events, and finding sponsors to donate funds or supplies. The committee was made up of a simple hierarchy: with our leader, then supervisor, then supporting team members (B &D 101). In total, there was 9 students on the team. Our leader tasked himself with being the contact for the charity, working with the finance chair on the budget, contacting other venders for the race, send out weekly update emails to the committee, and overseeing the progress of the supervisor. In addition, our leader dealt with most of the transaction cost of the committee. The supervisor communicated with the leader and the other team members and

            Last year I was faced with a new opportunity on housing at school. Freshman year I was required to live in a dorm and sophomore year I lived in a sorority house. As a junior, I had my first opportunity to choose housing for myself and who I wanted to live with. In the sorority, I had a small group of girls who I was close with and I thought I would always live with them junior year. The group researched apartments and then we all went over them together. Then we narrowed our list and decided on which apartment was our overall favorite. We all fell in love with the place I found, but the building could not accommodate all five of us. The build no longer had any 5 person units left and could only offer us a four-bedroom unit. The management company gave us the option for one bedroom to be shared by two people, but we decided this wasn’t realistic due to the size of the bedrooms. We then had to decide who would live together and consequently which person would be left out.

            Over the summer, I worked in a medical practice office and this was my first work experience with no peers of my age. I made lots of observations about the organization in this office, but it wasn’t until I started this class when those observations made sense.             The medical practice has four surgeons who specialize in general and bariatric surgery. This organization is made up of the following: four surgeons (three of which are partners and own the practice), an office manager, physician assistants, medical assistants, front desk staff, scanning staff, and the bariatric department. In the bariatric department, there is: a supervisor, surgery schedulers, insurance advocates, and patient advocates.             I was hired as a paid summer intern and I was the only intern for the summer. I was being paid the same amount as the scanning staff, front desk staff, insurance and patient advocates. I was assigned to work with a patient advocate in the bariatric d