The Dripping Water

" The dripping water, a vision made possible by a thousand of atoms and molecules linked together. What can we see? What can't we?"

Do you remember the old adage that states, " What you see is what you get"? I find it quite ironic that even though it is indeed a saying that's quite famous, it's as wrong as quotations can get. I always considered the human eyes to be so deceiving, capable of painting imagery that are most of the time biased to the way we think. I think the eyes can only see what it wants to see, and the reality is, there are many things that we elude just so that we could paint a perfect picture for our own, and sometimes, others convenience. Treat it as a way for the human to escape reality, minus the intention. One of the most intriguing lines I have heard goes " A performance is made up of ninety percent preparation, the other ten percent, is left for the performance itself. Think of a performance as seeing the tip of the iceberg, and discarding the other parts of it submerged in water." I think the human tendency is that we value the things that we can actually see, hear or feel, but the truth is, most of the times, the tiniest of things are the ones that matter most. From the example of the components of a performance to the example of the iceberg, I think they can all be related to the main topic we discussed this week, the job of the operational and tactical manager. At first glance, we may think that the jobs are of totally different nature, without connection, but try to look and understand it more, isn't the relation quite similar to the examples mentioned?
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All clad in business attires, surely we started of our week in INTRICT in a different note. Our first session this week started with the groups presenting their outputs and their findings on the interviews they've conducted last weekend. As each group's presentation passed, I slowly got a better picture of the the life and the job of the operational and the tactical manager. It made me realize how tiresome personnel management can be as well as showed me the numerous advantages knowing how the people around you feel in a business and a personal environment.

• The Operational Vs. The Tactical: An operational manager manages day to day activities, otherwise known as short term goals, while tactical managers worry about the long term visions and solutions.
• Company Structures: There are many kinds of structure that we could use when we build an enterprise, cost-efficiency as well as suitability are only two of the many elements for making the decision.
• Different Functional Units: We also learned about the different functional units that run a company. From the finance to the IT department, each unit contributes something essential for the continued growth and lifespan of the enterprise.

*Special thanks to Jun Lacsoo for the time given for our interview. Our group may have had just a little time to spend with him, but I'm sure each of us learned something we could find essential for our whole life, especially in the aspect of professionalism.