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Functions of management

I chose this video because it breaks down management into a very rudimentary process. This video has easy to digest graphics that help break down the functions of management.

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Stages of Management

Again, this was chosen due to its simplicity. Since this is principles of management, you want to break down the processes in a simple manner.

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Module 2 Corporate Social Responsibility 

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This was an eye opening and very interesting module. When comparing companies you saw that some one more forward than other in regard to corporate social responsibility. You also saw where some companies CSR policies seemed to be in reaction to negative press or negative effects of the companies misdeeds or accidents. ExxonMobil was a good example of that. The Exxon Valdez oil spill was very devastating.

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The Exxon Valdez oil slick covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales. Nearly 30 years later, pockets of crude oil remain in some locations. After the spill, Exxon Valdez returned to service under a different name, operating for more than two decades as an oil tanker and ore carrier.

On the evening of March 23, 1989, Exxon Valdez left the port of Valdez, Alaska, bound for Long Beach, California, with 53 million gallons of Prudhoe Bay crude oil onboard.

At four minutes after midnight on March 24, the ship struck Bligh Reef, a well-known navigation hazard in Alaska's Prince William Sound.

The impact of the collision tore open the ship's hull, causing some 11 million gallons of crude oil to spill into the water.

At the time, it was the largest single oil spill in U.S. waters. Initial attempts to contain the oil failed, and in the months that followed, the oil slick spread, eventually covering about 1,300 miles of coastline.

Investigators later learned that Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of Exxon Valdez, had been drinking at the time and had allowed an unlicensed third mate to steer the massive ship.

In March 1990, Hazelwood was acquitted of felony charges. He was convicted of a single charge of misdemeanor negligence, fined $50,000, and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service.

Oil Spill Cleanup

In the months after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Exxon employees, federal responders and more than 11,000 Alaska residents worked to clean up the oil spill.

Exxon payed about $2 billion in cleanup costs and $1.8 billion for habitat restoration and personal damages related to the spill.

Cleanup workers skimmed oil from the water's surface, sprayed oil dispersant chemicals in the water and on shore, washed oiled beaches with hot water and rescued and cleaned animals trapped in oil.

Environmental officials purposefully left some areas of shoreline untreated so they could study the effect of cleanup measures, some of which were unproven at the time. They later found that aggressive washing with high-pressure, hot water hoses was effective in removing oil, but did even more ecological damage by killing the remaining plants and animals in the process.

One of those areas that was oiled but never cleaned is a large shoreline boulder called Mearn's Rock. Scientists have returned to Mearn's Rock every summer since the spill to photograph the plants and small critters growing on it. They found that many of the mussels, barnacles and various seaweeds growing on the rock before the spill returned to normal levels about three to four years after the spill.

Environmental And Economic Impacts

Prince William Sound had been a pristine wilderness before the spill. The Exxon Valdez disaster dramatically changed all of that, taking a major toll on wildlife. It killed an estimated 250,000 sea birds, 3,000 otters, 300 seals, 250 bald eagles and 22 killer whales.

The oil spill also may have played a role in the collapse of salmon and herring fisheries in Prince William Sound in the early 1990s. Fishermen went bankrupt, and the economies of small shoreline towns, including Valdez and Cordova, suffered in the following years.

Some reports estimated the total economic loss from the Exxon Valdez oil spill to be as much as $2.8 billion.

A 2001 study found oil contamination remaining at more than half of the 91 beach sites tested in Prince William Sound.

The spill had killed an estimated 40 percent of all sea otters living in the Sound. The sea otter population didn't recover to its pre-spill levels until 2014, twenty-five years after the spill.

Stocks of herring, once a lucrative source of income for Prince William Sound fisherman, have never fully rebounded.
READ MORE: Water and Air Pollution
Oil Pollution Act of 1990

In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which President George H.W. Bush signed into law that year.

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 increased penalties for companies responsible for oil spills and required that all oil tankers in United States waters have a double hull.

Exxon Valdez was a single-hulled tanker; a double-hull design, by making it less likely that a collision would have spilled oil, might have prevented the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Fate of Exxon Valdez

The ship, Exxon Valdez -first commissioned in 1986-was repaired and returned to service a year after the spill in a different ocean and under a different name.

The single-hulled ship could no longer transport oil in U.S. waters, due to the new regulations. The ship began running oil transport routes in Europe, where single-hulled oil tankers were still allowed. There it was renamed the Exxon Mediterranean, then the SeaRiver Mediterranean and finally the S/R Mediterranean.

In 2002, the European Union banned single-hulled tankers and the former Exxon Valdez moved to Asian waters.

Exxon sold the infamous tanker in 2008 to a Hong Kong-based shipping company. The company converted the old oil tanker to an ore carrier, renaming it the Dong Feng Ocean. In 2010, the star-crossed ship collided with another bulk carrier in the Yellow Sea and was once again severely damaged.

The ship was renamed once more after the collision, becoming the Oriental Nicety. The Oriental Nicety was sold for scrap to an Indian company and dismantled in 2012.

Sources

Exxon Valdez laid to rest; Nature.
The never-ending history of life on a rock; NOAA.
Economic impacts of the spill; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. It was the worst oil spill in U.S.

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Starbucks was another company that reports on corporate social responsibility and even though it has had its misdeeds and controversial issues the company seems focused on righting its wrongs.

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Module 2 Corporate Social Responsibility 

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This image is a good graphic showing hands coming together to symbolize corporate responsibility.

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Corporate globalization affects all of us. Many American companies are globally recognized. It is the reason you see a McDonald's in Moscow and Seville, Spain, both of which I have had the honor of visiting and can attest that they taste the same, except for the ketchup.

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Companies can not only increase profitability through globalization, but they can also increase brand recognition locally. Our project on Suncity Boards planned for specific globalization plans and I focused on opportunities for sales opportunities that would increase profits by focusing on areas that enjoy surfing and hose surfing competitions.

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Planning is a key part of an creating an effective business. It can be pain staking. In this module, we again revisited Sun City boards and worked on getting the organization to the next level.

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This is a simple guide to planning within an organization. Simple, realist diagrams always help get the point across.

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This assignment was really fun because, at my own job, we are redoing our organizational structure and reworking an entire entity of the business. As demands change, organizations change. Organizational charts are in need of refresh and change over time. This chart is a little more detailed than most with photos.

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This is a great diagram! It points out the benefits of organizational planning very clearly. As business change and grow you have to streamline.

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I enjoy this sample because it is simple and shows an organizational chart from VP down.

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Human Resources helps protect the company. To be a human resources partner you must be familiar with employment laws and employee relations. You must be aware of protected classes and Osha requirements. I thought it would fun to inject some humor into a very serious matter.

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Human Resources is responsible for talent acquisition. In the company I work for, Human Resources has been taking the time to engage employees in surveys. I also participated in a focus group this year for Operations Directors and how our company communicates.

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Making sure unsafe working conditions are monitored are not only important it is the law. Our company has recently recruited a new VP of Safety and he has made training digestible and accessible. It was great to revisit this during this module.

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Planning is important in human resources. I have seen workforces being reduced in some cases and then increased when demand has changed. This is an ever evolving process.

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I love servant leadership!! It is how I manage my team and it is our company culture to lead by serving. I have tried Laissez-Faire and Autocratic. I was not successful as a leader with any of those. My leaders are always offering support.

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This has probably been my career motto. Motivation can come in many forms. Some team members need compensation. I have had to make presentations in regard to compensation and how I needed a larger payroll budget to get the right people in roles. Staffing challenges can be demotivating, however when you persevere, it is triumphant.

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I think this another great quote! Respect is earned not given. Part of effective leadership is motivating others.

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I picked this GlenGarry Glen Ross because I had a supervisor play this for us when I had a sales role. I remember making a ton of money at this job but, also having no weekends off and being very stressed. I have since learned more about motivating teams over the years.

Employees must be highly engaged. Everyone has different motivating factors such as personal pride, sense of accomplishment and power.

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Module 8 Controlling Performance and Operations 

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As a leader operation efficiency is something I take into account at work every day. I say to my team, work smarter not harder.

Focusing on internal controls and outcomes assists with making sure the best results are achieved.

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Performance evaluation is a great way to have open dialogue. I try to take advantage of my own evaluations and those I do with my team members. I also sometimes need the feedback on myself as well. There are many benefits to performance evaluation. I thought this chart really highlighted that.

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In order to drive excellence, you have to evaluate controls, outcomes and pivot when necessary. As the organization I work for changes, I used our third-party evaluation data and our internal financial statement to see how we are doing and how our organization can be stronger. This means some thing have to change at times.