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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJsKzDKsi7Q
This video helped me distinguish production and productivity. Production being output and productivity being the measurement of the person doing the work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKMqFzcqY4
This video explains the correlation of planning and controlling. The Siamese twins of management.
This picture reminds me that an operations manager gets things accomplished through other people.
http://the-happy-manager.com/articles/developing-management-skills/
This article explains why a person would want to develop their management skills. I for one will be implementing this development of managerial skills for leadership within my company. This is to make sure the good management goal doesn't lose it's luster.

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Leaders direct others behavior toward accomplishment of an objective. This illustration points this out. All the little people are following the leader.This illustration reminds me of the definition of the word leader. It is one who can inspire the others toward accomplishment.
https://www.ted.com/playlists/140/how_leaders_inspire#
This ted talk, is an inspiration on how to lead and how great leaders led by inspiration.
This picture speaks to me on so many levels. I have started this company before, and all I keep hearing is don't give up. This picture is reminding me of this. Keep pushing. This mod talks about motivating the team, but this definitely motivated me.

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Human Resource Management section reminded me that HR is not just a section of the company that hires and pay the staff. Although they do, perform these task as well.
This mod also reminded me the importance of communication and how my message can get distorted, if not careful. This helps me at home as well as in my business.
I love this image. It illustrates how one can influence another and how that person can be lit and influence yet another person. I want to be a fire to my staff. A good fire. I also want to be a fire to my family. I want to encourage people to greatness.
This picture again reminds me that I am not an island and how groups will be my life source on so many levels. I also learned that having groups will encourage my staff to engage and own up to the policies and practices within our company. They will have a sense of ownership which will make them want to work hard to make the company successful.

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This cartoon reminds me of the definition of organizing and organizing skill, which is the ability to create a group of people who can help with solving implementation problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43dv8k8M1k
This video remind me that division of labor is a real thing. I like to learn all the jobs, but in this mod, I learned that productivity could be better if a few people knew and specialized in just one job.
This cartoon reminds me of my need to remember that I am not an island. Even as a manager of my home, delegation is key to the successful running of my home and of my business. In my delegation, I need to make sure there are no responsibility gaps. This was an ah-ha moment for me.
This cartoon reminds me about organization culture. I always knew what I wanted my business to feel like, but didn't know the name of it. I want to have a clan culture. I want our business to feel like family. I want the team to feel like they can always come to the leaders and that they can always grow with us.

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This mod reinforced the importance of planning and the tools for planning. Planning answers the question how do I get here? It provides several ways and many times, use more than one person to come to the conclusion and alternates.

This diagram reminds me of MBO or Management by Objectives. It also reminds me of how MBO can work with some tweaking to the system, but if not altered, it isn't that effective. People need more than just a grade sheet. They need direction and mentoring.
Decision making is a process that has two or more alternatives. This illustration remind me that decision making is sometimes done alone, but most times is better with different brains to bounce off of. It also reminds me that decision makers have different personalities. A successful decision making team will be a diverse one.

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This photo reminds me of how much work it would be to manage internationally. In my business, I could take my business international, but I'm not sure if I'm up for all that, that entails.
https://www.marcaria.com/top-5-most-successful-international-businesses.asp
This article features the Top 5 Most Successful International Businesses. If I choose to go international with my business, I will be sure to look further into what makes these businesses successful. With names like Apple, Google, Amazon, they are sure to have some good ways to stay on top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioblgpA5eTo
This video reminds me of how a business looking to be successful internationally needs to be able to adjust. You can't be closed minded or fixed. Change and willingness to learn is a must. With different management attitudes, one must be willing to put the best one into practice in order to help the organization continue towards goals of success.
This picture reminds me that as international managers, I must be willing to respect local traditions. Who knows, maybe the native will try to respect me in return.

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I enjoyed this portion of mod 2. Social responsibility is not something I really knew a lot about. I did however have an idea that would probably fit into the social responsibility realm for my business though. I want to plant a new tree on all the properties I renovate. I want the trees or bushes to be practical. Like an apple tree or a berry bush. I also want to install only energy efficient appliances  etc. Now that I know that I have a responsibility, I will be thinking of other ways to save the families who buy my property lots of money where energy is concerned.

I also want my business to be very active in philanthropy. We want to give a property away each year to a deserving and less fortunate family. This is near and dear to my and my husband's hearts since we didn't grow up with much excess. Both of our mothers were operating alone to provide for their families which made things a little more difficult. We want to ease the load for some families.  We also have a mission we are starting primarily for this purpose.
Ethics is another topic covered this mod. I want my team of staff to trust that I have their best interest in mind. I will do my part to help in their development. I expect team work and encourage a family feel and will do all that I can to make sure it happens.
This picture and article reminds me of how far our country have come as far as diversity and how I want my company to continue in the correct direction. Although these women were only given a chance because the men were off to war, this is an amazing example of what can happen if you give diversity a try.
http://observer.com/2016/09/meet-the-black-female-mathematicians-who-helped-nasa-win-the-space-race/
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/our-company/diversity
This article reminds me to not just be about lip service and basically just sound to part. I need to be about what I say. Coke rave over their diversity, but their senior management doesn't reflect their message.

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Mod 1 taught me that managers are important to move our economy forward with new products and ideas. These girls do just that with their creations. They create products, they write and create web series and they own their craft. They are bosses and they encourage me to think outside of the box and be the best manager that I can be.

I learned in this mod that managers are to move organizations towards its purposes or goals. A goal must be all of these things. I know that the manager is to move the organization towards their goals, but I also learned that the manager as a person has to set his or her own goals and move towards it. The main thing sticking out to me with this illustration is career development and the necessity to turn down some seemingly good opportunities in order to make it to your main goal through career development.

This picture reminds me that managers have to juggle a lot. It takes a certain kind of extraordinary person to manage. This most times feels like me, but with maybe, six more arms.

This cartoon reminds me that our nation would not be where it is now, as far as being developed if it weren't for managers. Managers are necessary for the development of not just themselves, but others under them as well. This cartoon reminds me that in my home I am needed to guide me family and in my firm, I will be needed to guide my staff to greatness, not just for the success of the firm, but for them as individual people.