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Operations management is known as the functions that perform the activities of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the resources required to produce an organisms goods and services.

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This short video does a great job explaining the importance of controlling and operation management.
https://youtu.be/B365giypZmw

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Controling is a vital part in in business management.  Managers must control employees if need be, to ensure that work is being done properly.

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The basic control process, wherever it is found and whatever it controls, involves 3 steps:  establishing standards, measuring performance against these standards, and correcting deviations from standards and plans.

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I found this quote to be very motivational, but yet still simple.

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This is one of my favorite motivational scenes, and its from a movie called Facing the Giants.
https://youtu.be/B365giypZmw

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Leadership and motivation are key aspects in the business world, they both are critical in ensuring that the company is meeting expectations and performing efficiently.

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This article gives us 8 ways managers can motivate employees beyond the concept of money.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2012/01/10/8-ways-leaders-can-motivate-employees-beyond-money/#3d6665e326f4

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This cartoon explains the ins and outs of communication on many different levels.

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Communication in the workplace is vital to the success of a team or organization.  These are some of the methods used to communicate in the workplace.

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This article I found talks about how companies can improve communications in the workplace by using Facebook.  This was interesting to me because now-a-days everyone is on social media, so why not accomplish work while participating on social media.
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/04/28/companies-can-improve-internal-communications-workplace-facebook

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I found this graphic on blackboard and I thought it gave great insight into managing human recourses and how Influencing plays a critical role in this field.

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This article talks about the complexity of major business operations like General Electric, and how when the structure is to complex inefficiencies are found.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4064469-general-electric

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I think this short little clip does a great job explaining organizational structure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_-MtWejRM

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An organizational structure is a system that consists of explicit and implicit institutional rules and policies designed to outline how various work roles and responsibilities are delegated, controlled, and coordinated.  This graphic shows what an organizational structure may look like.

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Understanding organizational structure can help employees and supervisors better understand their role in the organization.

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Planning is a vital part of business processes, this graphic does a great job explaining what planning is, and how it effects a business if not done properly.

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In the decision making process there are 5 key points, the vision statement, the mission statement, Analysis, Strategy formulation, and Strategy implementation and management.  This article does a good job explaining all these components.
https://gbr.pepperdine.edu/2010/08/the-role-of-finance-in-the-strategic-planning-and-decision-making-process/

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This video does a great job explaining the importance and keys to effective planning and decision making.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=planning+and+decision+making&&view=detail&mid=ACE38DD275BE9BA15294ACE38DD275BE9BA15294&FORM=VRDGAR

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Planning and decision making play major roles in a businesses success.

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This little cartoon shows how people from different parts of the world can work together to accomplish one task

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Here is a diagram of a global organization structure.  This will help break down the different components of the company, and who is responsible for what.

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In the early 1990's Ford Motor Company made the transition to a global organization.  This gave them the power to operate as one company throughout the entire world.  This link provides more information about global organizations.
http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/columns/opinion/linking-corporate-governance-customer-service-important-ever/

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A global organization is an international alliance involving many different countries.  This is an important function for businesses because many of the larger corporations do a lot of business overseas.

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Corporate goverance policies go hand-in-hand with customer satisfaction and feedback.  If a business does not implement goverance strategies then there is no standard for employees to be held to.  This could then cause confusion, and in-satisfaction on the end of the customer.  This article does a good job explaining how corporae goverance policies relate to customer satisfaction.
http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/columns/opinion/linking-corporate-governance-customer-service-important-ever/

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Ethics play a major role in the business environment.  People are faced with tough decisions everyday and they must decide what to do.  However even if something is unethical does not mean that it is illegal.

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Corporate goverance refers to the processes and relations by which corporations are controlled or directed.  This video does a good job explaining the roles corporate goverance plays in the business world.
https://youtu.be/cgoMJbUTVUU

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Organizational ethics and Corporate goverance principles:

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The goals of any business is to decentralize management and boost productivity.  Three basic factors play in such as, rethink the structure, create a team of intrapraneurs, and rally around a common goal.  These factors will lead to a better business, and they are talked about more in-depth in this article.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/289059

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Below is a video that shows Steve Jobs discussing the importance of effectively managing people.  He talks about how teamwork in upper level management, filters down throughout the company.  This keeps everyone involved and new ideas flowing.
https://youtu.be/f60dheI4ARg

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One of the many importances of being and effective manger is ensuring that the project is done in a timely, and cost efficient manner.  I thought this little cartoon was funny and gave us a simple example of when employees submit a project to their managers.

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In module one we learned the basic meaning of management, as well as the 4 basic functions of management