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Rodney Adkin's story was very inspiring to me and stuck with me the most throughout this semester. He started at the bottom and grew to almost become the CEO of IBM. He learned so much in his company that helped promote him through the company and that speaks volumes.

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One of the biggest things I took from this first module was learning what the organizational resources are in a company. The first resource is: humans! Human resources are the people who work for an organization or company. They are directly responsible for the flow of a company.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOKMUTTDdA

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This is a visual of "raw materials" which is one of the organizational resources a manager must use. Raw materials are the ingredients used directly in the manufacturing of products.

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A company cannot run without money! Monetary resources are the amounts of money that managers use to purchase goods and services for their organization.

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The final component of an organizational resource is capital. Capital resources are the machines used during the manufacturing process. These can be a big factor in maintaining desired production levels in a company.
https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/northam-s-team-brings-in-158-billion-capital-investment-despite-months-of-controversy/1950922052

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As a future manager, one of the most important lessons I can learn is social responsibility. It would be my obligation as a manager to take action that protects and improves the welfare of the society and the interests of my organization.

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I know that when I succeed in my business, giving to social organizations and people who are in need, will be a major invest for myself. Philanthropy promotes the welfare of others through generous money donations to organizations that give back to the community.

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As a good manager, I need to respect and learn about the different groups of people that will eventually be working for me. Having a diverse workforce is very important, but it's also very important to learn how to respect and understand the unique people in an organization. Here I've included a link to an article about the biggest diversity issues that may come up in a workplace and how to resolve these issues.
https://www.thiswayglobal.com/diversity/top-diversity-issues-in-the-workplace/

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Having an excellent Code of Ethics policy will be an important component to my future organization. It would outline the do's and dont's, diversity rules, workplace romances, ect..

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McDonald's is expanding! The unique and different menu items added in other countries (like the McPork sandwich in Japan, pork and beer are excluded in India, ect..) is growing McDonald's market like never before. Getting out of my comfort zone sometimes when I'm running my future company can have a great impact!

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An international organization is mostly based within a single country, but it also has meaningful international transactions. Marketing sales and purchasing materials in other countries can lower costs for a company as a whole.

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Pictured here is an awesome article that breaks down foreign investment in an easy to understand manner. Managers who make foreign investments expect such investments to:
1. Reduce or eliminate high transportation costs
2. Allow participation in the rapid expansion of a market abroad
3. Provide foreign technical, design, and marketing skills
4. EARN HIGHER PROFITS!!
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/foreign-investment.asp

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To be an excellent influences of my team/employees, especially if I seek foreign investment, I must understand and grasp the culture of those I would be working with. Culture is the set of characteristics given of a group of people and their environment. It is very important for me to acquire the knowledge about different cultures if I want to be a successful manager, even if I do not end up working with foreign investors.

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PLANNING PLANNING PLANNING!! As a manager, planning will be my primary function. It is the one that precedes and is the basis for the organizing, influencing, and controlling functions as a manager. This is probably the most important lesson I have learned throughout this course!

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As I moved through this particular module, one of my favorite assignments to do was creating a SWOT worksheet on whether In-N-Out should expand their business to the east coast. Before I started this assignment, I thought to myself, of course they should expand! I want to try their food over here in Florida! But this simple SWOT worksheet made me realize what a terrible business idea it would be for them to expand into the east coast. I will defiantly be using a SWOT worksheet for analyzing things in my future business!

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Here is a handy article on group decision making with steps to follow that make it easier to work in a group and actually get real results. Making decisions with a group will eventually happen in my future business, so this handy article will be a helpful tool to have in the future!
https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/group-work/group-decision-making

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To make sure my company lasts for a long time (forever hopefully), I must understand the value of strategic planning. Strategic management is the long-range planning that basically focuses on five steps:
1. Environmental analysis
2. Establishment of an organizational direction
3. Strategy formulation
4. Strategy implementation
5. Strategic control
The figure below illustrates the relationship among these steps!

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Organizing!! Being an effective manager means I must constantly be organizing. The figure below illustrates the five main steps of the organizing process. A great manager will always repeat these steps which obtains feedback that will help them improve their organization!!!

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Max Weber was a writer who had a profound impact on classical organizing theory. He defined the concept of bureaucracy. The term is used to describe the management system that has three primary components:
1. Detailed procedures and rules
2. A clearly outlined organizational hierarchy
3. Impersonal relationships among organization members.
This link below is a fun little YouTube video on Max Weber and how he came up with his theory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHx1qiPhiAE

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Delegating responsibility to my team as a future manager will be a very important task as a manager. Dividing the job activities is outlined in the method below called the, "Functional Similarity Method."

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After going through this module, I learned how when Tony Hsieh came on board at Zappos, he made some major changes that completely turned the company around. He kept the Zappo's culture alive and well inside the company and made it a fun environment to be in. He became a manager that his employees could easily talk too and he turned his company into a billion-dollar company in less than a decade! He quickly became someone I want to look up to in my future career!

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Nothing will make my future company run better than the people I choose to work for me! To find those people, I must follow the four sequential steps:
1. Recruitment
2. Selection
3. Training
4. Performance appraisal

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Keeping track of many employees in a large organization can be difficult. Especially if one needs to keep notes on said employees and their strengths, weaknesses, training they need to improve, ect.. Keeping a management inventory card on each employee is a great way to keep track of how an employee is doing within a company!
https://managementinnovations.wordpress.com/tag/management-inventory-card/

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The four basic managerial functions are planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling. Below is a great article on seven ways to build my INFLUENCE as a manager. Influencing is the process of guiding the activities of organization members in appropriate directions!
https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/7-ways-to-build-influence-in-the-workplace.html

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Now, when I become a CEO of my very large company, I cannot possibly complete all of the tasks by myself. I would need to delegate decisions to a task group. A task group would accomplish most of my routine business tasks. Creating committees within my company will further the growth of my company.
http://www.virginiabusiness.com/companies/article/gentry-locke-names-management-committee-members

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A simple line stuck out to me while researching for this course: "a manager makes sure that a job gets done, and a leader cares about and focuses on the people who do the job." Being an excellent manager means becoming a leader. I have to have genuine concern for the well-being of my employees or else I will certainly fail in my endeavors.

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1. Intelligence, including judgement and verbal ability
2. Past achievement in scholarship and athletics
3. Emotional maturity and stability
4. Dependability, persistence, and a drive for continuing achievement
5. The skill to participate socially and adapt to various groups
6. A desire for status and socioeconomic position
These characteristics will make me a successful leader!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2013/02/18/the-most-successful-leaders-do-15-things-automatically-every-day/#559feaeb69d7

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Here is a quick excerpt from a book on the theories of motivation. The four important theories describe how motivation occurs:
1. Needs-goal theory
2. Vroom expectancy theory
3. Equity theory
4. Porter-Lawler theory
Understanding and memorizing the components of these four theories has been an exponential help thus far in my studies!
http://publishedstories.info/theory-of-motivation-find-book-groups-robert-c-bolles.pdf

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Understanding what motivates and eggs my future employees on will be of great importance. According to Douglas McGregor, there are two different assumptions about human nature. Theory X and theory Y. Theory X involves negative assumptions about people and theory Y involves positive assumptions about people. As a manager, I will defiantly be focusing on theory Y! Below is a short YouTube video on motivating my future employees using these two different theories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjvWicDVv_Y

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Let me be clear: I WILL NOT RULE OVER MY EMPLOYEES LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT! Thinking of him as I think of the definition of "total power" is just a helpful tool in my studies. The "total power" a manager possesses is made up of position power and personal power. Position power is power derived from the organizational position a manager holds. Personal power is power derived from a manager's relationship with others.

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Gathering information and using that information in an appropriate manner, that will be valuable to my company, is of the utmost importance. There are four primary factors that determine the value of information I will receive for my company:
1. Information appropriateness
2. Information quality
3. Information timeliness
4. Information quantity

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Productivity=outputs/inputs
Productivity is the relationship between the total amount of goods or services that are produced (output) and the organizational resources needed to produce them (input). Understanding that the higher the value of the ratio of outputs to inputs means the higher the productivity of the operation is an invaluable lesson for my future company.

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There is a looming threat as I continue to work towards my future business. That is the threat of robots taking over our jobs! Listed below is an article on eight jobs that will soon be replaced by robots! The correct definition of this, according to our textbook, is called automation.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/T057-S001-8-jobs-that-will-be-replaced-by-robots-soon/index.html