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This chart defines what information and data managers and other upper management job roles have access too.

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?QUESTION?                          Motivation

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M7

What is your opinion on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

It is a widely accepted theory but also widely criticized. Do you think humans can be categorized in such a hierarchy?

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?QUESTION?                How to be a Great Manager that Employees want to work with.

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?QUESTION?                How to be a Great Manager that Employees want to work with.

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Jill Geisler said in the interview, "It takes three things: strategic thinking, emotional intelligence and a passion for helping people do their best work, even in the face of diminished resources." I agree with that, other than the fact she says that reaching individual employee goals is more important that diminishing unnecessary resources.

QUESTION

I don't understand her angle on this. How could it be beneficial to the company, whether you are viewed as a good manager or not, to deplete resources for one employee?

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M6

The downside to performance appraisals is that the appraisals themselves can effect the employee's productivity. Instead of long-term goals, employees find satisfaction in random short term rewards. Employees in this process see this as 'you are rewarded, or you're punished' which can negatively impact productivity by generating stress for the employee.

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Groups:
- Members are physically aware of eachother.
-Members interact with one another.
-Think of themselves as a group.

Teams:
-Members influence each other toward the accomplishment of an organizational goal.

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Influencing is just as important as planning and responsibility distribution. Guiding project progresses using the influencing subsystem module ensures goals are met efficiently.

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M5

"...is an aspect of organization culture that encourages the application of new ideas to improve organizational processes, products, or services."

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M5

The division of job activities is a difficult part of a managers job. There are several steps one must take in order a fair amount of responsibility is given to every employee.

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The organizing process should be repeated by managers in order to improve current workplace procedures. I would use this model in lessons learned reports to ensure errors do not reoccur.

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M4

Reading the environment you presently work in can help you understand the culture of your company. Determining the environment or culture of your team or company will allow you to adapt to specific situations that may occur during collaboration.

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M4

This is the module I would use if I managed a business or was the leader of a team working on a project. Decisions made based on the facts presented are the best decisions.

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It is extremely vital that all organizations spend time properly planning all administrative action. Projects and task that should have been simple could cripple a project, all because the planning was done quickly and without care.

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Important variables in the International System

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Important variables in the International System

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M3

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This chart categorizes organizations by level of international involvement. Basically, this scale is a simple 1-10 scale of how internationally involved an organization is.

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Challenge Case McDonald's is Lovin' Global Growth

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Challenge Case McDonald's is Lovin' Global Growth

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This book is dated, I have not done any research on the outcome of this venture, or if the CEO in the challenge case remains CEO to this day. I was interested by this article for one reason; It truly made me think about what I would do if I was in the same situation as Don Thompson. I would simply immerse myself in the culture I had to adapt my company to. If I was going to start a campaign in Asia, I would dedicate resources toward a business trip to engage the community. I would spend quite some time in the area I wished to move my business in order to thoroughly understand the needs of the market I would be adapting to.

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M2
"a flowchart that managers can use as a general guideline for making social responsibility decisions that enhance the social responsiveness of their organization."

It never dawned on me, until taking the few business electives I have, that organizations acutely measure everything about social life within the corporate environment.

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A lot of different companies suffered millions of dollars in fines for not having a high enough diversity percentage related to employee on boarding.

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More Gender Diversity Will Mean Better Science

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More Gender Diversity Will Mean Better Science

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An article written for Chronicle by Sue Rosser.

This article speaks to the encouragement of gender diversity in the field of science. Rosser states that women being able to weigh in on key decisions in scientific and technological fields is in the near future. I agree with Rosser's stance on diversification. Seeing a project from a multitude of views points, all of which are from different cultures and backgrounds, can really aid the progression of a project.

http://www.chronicle.com/article/more-gender-diversity-will/135310

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M1
Managerial Efficiency is the proportion of total organizational resources that contribute to productivity. This definition opened my eyes to what "efficient" really means. When something is efficient, it gets the job done in the most cost effective and least timely manner. This helped me understand how managers lay out processes and form specific goals for their teams in relation to the four organizational resources.

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M1
This was another article in module 1 that really spoke to me. My mother is a Senior Vice President of Bank of America. She had to fight for 16 long years; most of the managers she has had were male. She fought for fair compensation throughout Bank of America, without public appearance, and changed the wages for women within the company. Woman have proven themselves to be just a productive, if not more productive, as their male counter parts. Women deserve equal pay. This helped me reflect on a different module that talks about workplace culture and made we think about how my mother fits into the culture she is incorporated with.

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M1
I have no proper management experience, but I believe I am a strong leader. This article really spoke to me about how companies and individuals judge, work with, and feel towards executives and upper management.  Specific traits define what a leader is, but as we learn later in the chapter, a good leader is not the same thing as a good manager.