MAN 202 HemmingsVisual Journal by D Hemmings

Leadership and Motivation

deedee05114 — 2024-12-08 21:50:41 UTC

I have learned that Leadership skills are needed to set the vision, and management skills are needed to implement a plan to achieve that vision. However, recognizing the difference between leadership and management can help individuals focus on developing their skills in both arenas. The greatest success comes when strong leadership is paired with effective management.

Leadership and Motivation

deedee05114 — 2024-12-08 21:53:11 UTC

Ive learned that motivation is what energizes, maintains, and controls behavior. It is clear why it plays an important role in the workplace. It is widely accepted, however, that motivated employees generate higher value and lead to more substantial levels of achievement.

Controlling Performance and Operations

deedee05114 — 2024-12-08 23:04:27 UTC

Measuring performance is vital to assessing the value of employee and management activities. It provides useful insights for conducting annual reviews of managers and employees and is also important for understanding how a company is performing compared with its competitors. This requires two types of measurement: individual (employee) evaluations and organization evaluations.

Controlling Performance and Operations

deedee05114 — 2024-12-08 23:10:05 UTC

I've learned that Organizational standards and objectives are important elements in any business plan because they guide managerial decision-making. To create reachable objectives, an organization needs to understand where it is, where it wants to go, and who it is competing against. A company’s standards define how it should act, while its objectives determine its actions. Combining standards and objectives allows management to create a business strategy.

Managing Human Resources and Communications

deedee05114 — 2024-12-08 23:21:29 UTC

I have learned that communication involves actions that confer knowledge and experience, give advice and commands, and ask questions. These actions may take many forms depending on the abilities and resources of the individual communicators. Together, content and form make messages that are sent toward a destination. The destination can be oneself, another person, or another entity, such as a corporation or group of people.

Managing Human Resources and Communications

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 00:36:43 UTC

I've learned that HR managers can protect the company against discrimination lawsuits by understanding discrimination laws and implementing policies to avoid discrimination. Should discrimination occur despite workplace policies against it, HR managers can work with upper management to quickly address individual issues, compensate employees, and discipline managers who discriminate. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the laws against discrimination in the workplace.

Organizational Structure and Processes

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 01:40:53 UTC

I have learned the difference between the three primary variables that interact to explain much of an organization’s structure: size, age, and industry. Organizations typically start the structure process by clarifying what it will take to do the work, meet goals, grow sales, etc. You will see great consistencies in the structure that develops across organizations in many different industries.

Organizational Structure and Processes

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 01:54:24 UTC

I have learned that the various cultural perspectives and many organizational elements within a culture, the initial process of instilling culture is relatively consistent from a managerial perspective. The creation of a given culture is often defined by management’s strategy for addressing these issues:

Planning and Decision Making

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 02:39:29 UTC

I have learned that making decisions is easy, but Making the right decision is hard. When making decisions, you will face many barriers, including the quality of information you have, the amount of time allowed, and several cognitive biases that will influence your decisions. Satisficing, optimizing, intuitive, rational, combinatorial, and positional are common styles of decision-making.

Planning and Decision Making

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 02:45:22 UTC

I have learned that Planning is the process of setting goals and defining the actions required to achieve the goals. Planning begins with goals. Goals are derived from vision and mission statements, but these statements describe what the organization wants to achieve, not necessarily what it can achieve.

Management within a Global Organization

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 03:08:38 UTC

I have learned that a globalization organization is any organization that competes outside its native country. Globalization is the process by which the exchange of goods, services, capital, technology, and knowledge across international borders becomes increasingly interconnected. Globalization creates new opportunities for businesses to increase profits by expanding markets and allowing wider access to resources. On the other hand, globalization also opens domestic markets to new competitors, decreasing demand for local products.

Management within a Global Organization

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 03:28:48 UTC

I have learned that when companies decide to expand internationally, they must be aware of cultural differences. Managers need to be attuned to their cultural surroundings to be effective. Managers must also consider different communication practices. In some countries, direct feedback is considered impolite, and managers must be able to read subtle body language to determine if the receiver has understood and accepted the message.

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 03:41:46 UTC

I have learned that ethics is principles of conduct or moral behavior. Business ethics is ethics as it relates to the conduct or behavior of the members of a business organization. The need for ethics in business is twofold. First, it prevents the external constituents of an organization (i.e., the public, other organizations, and the environment) from being harmed. Second, it benefits the organization internally by helping to ensure its success.

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 03:55:58 UTC

I have learned that a diverse workplace isn’t always easy to achieve, as some locations, industries, and positions tend to attract people of specific backgrounds. To diversify the workplace, some companies make a significant effort to reach out to diverse communities. For example, they might reach out to the veterans community, which includes thousands of individuals of all backgrounds, many of whom have solid training and experience.

Management

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 04:00:00 UTC

I have learned that management is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling people in the organization so that they can effectively use resources to meet organizational goals.

Management

deedee05114 — 2024-12-09 04:03:04 UTC

I have learned the types (levels) of managers and some of their responsibilities but not their specific activities. All managers must be comfortable with three main types of activities or roles. To do their jobs, managers assume these different roles. No manager stays in any one role all of the time but shifts back and forth. These roles are leadership (or interpersonal), informational, and decision making. They were written about in detail in the 1970s by Henry Mintzberg, a professor at McGill University in Canada. His classifications are still one of the most studied descriptors of management roles today.