My luminous padlet by Jay Henry

Module 1

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 16:52:34 UTC

This artifact of a manager leading a team meeting highlights management skills such as leadership, communication, and coordination. This relates to module 1 because this shows how managers ensure team members are aligned with a company's goals.

Module 1

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 17:00:58 UTC

This artifact represents a pyramid of different types of management in an organization, which consists of top-level managers, middle managers, first-line managers, and team leaders. Although this only shows three, it is a simple, quick representation of how each level of management maintains certain goals within a company.

Module 2

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 17:09:13 UTC

This artifact of McDonald's coin spinner( I did the research and still couldn't find an exact name) represents philanthropy, which is a part of corporate social responsibility as discussed in this module. The "Coin Spinner" is used by McDonald's to contribute to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, a charity that operates houses for families with children receiving medical treatment.

Module 2

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 17:15:26 UTC

The late former CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, once said, "If you get the culture right, most of the other stuff will just take care of itself." This module was also about culture and diversity. Hsieh believed that workplaces should "create a little fun and weirdness", and "build a positive team and family spirit."

Module 3

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 17:24:30 UTC

This image of figures standing around a globe represents globalization, I chose the picture because I wanted to give it's own description rather than being self-explanatory. Each color of the stick people* represents the differences in cultures when a company chooses to expand globally, meaning many companies have to change quality, designs, features, and more of a product to align with different cultural preferences and needs.

Module 3

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-24 17:34:26 UTC

The group of iPhones in this picture represents Apple's use of standardization when they decided to go global. One of the strategies this module explained when going global is standardization, which keeps company products with the same features when going global. Apple did this with all its products, which makes sense since a phone isn't something that has to mainly be changed due to different cultures or beliefs.

Module 4

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 02:22:37 UTC

Module 4 introduces the use of planning tools for businesses, and the SMART goal sheet above is one of the strategies mentioned. A SMART goal is a method used for setting clear, measurable, and achievable objectives.

module 4

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 02:27:41 UTC

Module 4 also mentions the SWOT analysis, which is used to determine the internal strengths and weaknesses, and the external opportunities and threats of a company.

Module 5

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 02:38:14 UTC

The group in this picture represents organizational culture as mentioned in module 5. Organizational culture refers to shared values, visions and goals that influence how people within an organization interact with another.

Module 5

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 02:44:24 UTC

The image of the different people having different jobs represents the division of labor. A division of labor means to separate work processes into several tasks, with each task performed by a separate person or group.

Module 6

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 02:51:32 UTC

This image represents the many goals of Human Resources as mentioned in this module. HR manages hiring, training, compensation, safety issues, and so on.

Module 6

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 03:02:34 UTC

The job interview above represents the recruitment and selection process, which includes advertising for and sourcing candidates, reviewing applications, screening candidates, conducting interviews, and making an offer.

Module 7

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 03:06:50 UTC

Module 7 gives detailed meanings of the differences between leading and management. Managers ensure that an organization's goals are completed efficiently by employees, and leaders engage others by inspiring a shared vision and effectiveness.

Module 7

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 03:11:29 UTC

This image represents motivation, how? For most people who get up every day to go to work, the motivation is the paychecks they receive for it, Module 7 explains how motivation is a necessary component for a company. Motivation is what energizes, maintains, and controls behavior, Higher-motivated employees show a higher level of innovation and quality in the workplace.

Module 8

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 03:16:30 UTC

Our final module, module 8, explains the purpose of having company standards. The reason for my choice of this picture is that company standards are like a syllabus to a teacher's classroom; different companies have separate goals, tasks, and values, similar to teachers having a different set of rules, and materials needed for a class.

Module 8

jjhenry904 — 2025-04-28 03:24:23 UTC

For some, when we were little and we broke our toys, our parents would find a way to fix and improve the toy; this same method is used for businesses, except it is called the quality control of the life cycle. Companies are always assessing and improving their products for better use, and quality control is a great system to ensure that goods and services meet customer expectations.