Analysis Of Who Owns The Ice House

After reading Who owns the Ice House, I was very moved and inspired by the ordeal the author had to go through to accomplish something in his life. The five topics I chose from Who owns the Ice house to compare to this Human Resource Management class is choice, action, knowledge, community and persistence. The first chapter in Who Owns the Ice House is all about choice. There was a quote from the author that states, “The ability to choose the way we react to our circumstances is perhaps the greatest power that we have” (Taulbert 2010). This in my opinion is a very true statement. Our choices are what define us and set us apart from other people. As taulbert talks about in his book, people who dream and have great ideas either choose to do

Action was the reason that both Uncle Cleve and Clifton were both able to accomplish something big. Uncle Cleve, dispite the challenges around him sought out a need by everyone and came up with a solution. That solution was the ice house. Cleve went against all odds and took action and became an entrepreneur, even though society said he couldn’t. Clifton did the same thing when he was in St Louis and he took initiative and applied for the position at the bank and for the position in Washington D.C. Action is what got these situations completed. Action is very important in Human Resource Management because, every action that is taken has a positive or negative effect on someone or something. Therefore, it is very important to carefully think about the decisions that are made as a Human Resource

There will always be people to deal with in a positive or negative way. Deciding who to deal with those situations can be the hard part. Clifton says, “It took courage to set my own path, to remain friendly and not captive to the ideas of others.” This is a good example of one of the challenges of dealing with your peers. Deciding to be a leader or a follower is a hard. In Clifton’s situation, he chose to pave his own way based off the morals and values of someone who inspired him. In most situations, these days’ peer pressure is hard to say no to. Image is everything to most people and others will pray on your pride to get you to do what they do or what society deems acceptable. As a human resource, Manager one must be able to learn how to be able to distinguish from the right way or the wrong way. It is one thing to be a manager but it is a whole other to become a