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Profit is the amount of total revenue that surpasses the total costs of producing the products sold. Within this course we have viewed many different management styles and function, almost all of which are seeking to eventually affect the bottom line and produce profits.

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Quality is how well a product does whatever its intended purpose is . In a way quality is considered the degree of excellence a product or service provides.

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Technology includes any type of equipment or process that an organization uses while performing work. The use of technology over the years has become increasingly essential.

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Personal power is a managers power that comes from their relationships with others. Developing personal relationships with others helps increase overall power of a manager.

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Punishment is the negative reinforcement of poor behavior. For example if an employee does something against the company's code of conduct they may receive an unpleasant reprimand.

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Motivation is an internal feeling that can cause an individual to behave in accordance with organizational goals. The better a manager can understand an employees personal motivation, the better they can influence and motivate them toward accomplishing organizational goals.

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Moral courage is the ability to stand for what you believe in no matter the pressure of the situation. A strong characteristic of authentic leaders is moral courage.

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Great leadership is the essence of influence. It involves directing the behavior of others toward the completion of an objective.

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A team is a group of people who together influence one another toward the accomplishment of organizational goals. This team is working together to drag one heavy snorlax. It is evident that members of a group working as a team can accomplish tasks that no singular individual can accomplish.

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Feedback is an extremely useful tool for increasing productivity of communication. With proper feedback you can adjust and make necessary changes in order to positively affect your organization.

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Training is an absolutely necessary step to making sure that employees acquire the proper skills necessary to be more productive for the organization. Without proper training the employee will deliver unsatisfactory performance resulting most likely in termination.

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Recruitment is the beginning attracting and searching of possible human resources to fulfill an opening. This is the first step for any manager to follow in looking for additional human resources.

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This is an example of a subculture, a mini culture within an organization. The mini culture being that everyone owns and enjoys riding a scooter.

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A job description lists the actual tasks and duties a person accepting the job offered would be expected to perform. If a job description is unclear then it will result in confusion and a failure to complete the necessary job at hand.

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Unity of command is the principle that says an individual should only have one boss. If an individual is given too many varying instructions it will lead them to be confused and perform their job inefficiently.

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Division of labor involves the assignment of various portions of a particular task to a large number of members within an organization. A proper division of labor can lead to optimal output for a business.

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Stability is a strategy used by management in scenarios involving a business that is classified as a cash cow. It involves maintaining the current balance the organization has obtained.

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Bounded rationality refers to the fact that when making decisions, managers are confined the the constructs of time, power and knowledge. Gaining access to available resources should help aid in difficulties of bounded rationality.

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Rules set very specific standards as to what is and is not acceptable within an organization. These differ from a policy since the are neither broad nor guidelines. Rules are required to be followed within an organization.

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Planning is a process of choosing the proper tasks to perform to meet organizational goals. This course has shown me how planning leads to success. Without a plan to put into action, the action can be left useless.

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Organizing is a crucial function to the management process that assigns those tasks created during the planning stage to an individual or group. Organizing has taught me how to become efficient and flexible.

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Influence is synonymous with terms such as leading, motivating and directing. In a sense a manager trying to influence his employees is doing his best at guiding them in the appropriate direction. The benefit to proper influence is increased productivity.

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The Power of Influence | Shawn King | TEDxDalhousieU

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Controlling is a management function summed up fairly well in this photo. After the previous functions have been completed a manger would collect information, compare and create standards, then finally act upon the results. Setting or changed processes or procedures.

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This photo is here to represent social responsibility. It is the obligation that managers have to be active in protecting and improving not only the personal interests of an organization but also society as a whole.

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Ethics is the ability to examine values within a company 's decision-making process and how it relates to and affects different groups. Most companies will enforce a standardized company-wide code of ethics for employees to work in accordance with.

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Diversity is a term that describes the characteristics that form a persons unique identity and experiences. Simply put, everyone is different. Where you came from, what you have experienced and your personal views can shape the way you view the world and the world views you. All of these differences blended together in unison however form a stronger group than any one individual.

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Diversity Makes You Smarter | Kathleen Nalty | TEDxCU

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Who doesn't want to be smarter? The key to being the smartest person in the room is to surround yourself with people who are socially different and by looking through different lenses. Diversity of all kinds provides the building blocks for inclusive intelligence - which is the antidote to polarization, alternative facts, and fake news.

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This gif exemplifies the use of pluralism. Pluralism is an environment in which differences recognized and used as advantageous contributing factors. If everyone could turn toward and pluralistic environment the world would be a far more productive place.

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Coca-Cola is a perfect example of an international organization. They have always had their predominant focus as an American-based company. However they perform meaningful business transactions internationally as well.

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Like a boss, Adidas has grown into an immensely successful multinational corporation. The are constantly doing business on an international level. Performing transactions in many countries simultaneously as regular business.

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The European union was established in 1994 and is an international market agreement that regulates trade between member nations. With the development of the EU meaningful deregulation has occurred and overall trade within the EU has become drastically more efficient.

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Buffalo wild wings is known as a domestic organization due to its business transactions happening entirely within one country, the United States. They acquire most all of their resources from within the US as well.

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A policy is a standing plan that has broad guidelines for taking action that is productive toward meeting organizational goals. Even though they me be broad, policies are an excellent way to guid employees and keep them on the right track.