https://padlet.com/jasmynnmcdowell/MAN2021JasmynnMcDowell By Jasmynn McDowell en-us 2017-10-11 17:49:52 UTC 2026-04-09 03:59:41 UTC hello@padlet.com jasmynnmcdowell https://padlet.com/jasmynnmcdowell/MAN2021JasmynnMcDowell/wish/196151902

I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 2 and chapter 3 in our textbook, by talking about how to manage a multi-generation workforce.

I found this article to be interesting, because author Janice Celeste does an excellent job at explaining each generation and discussing how to manage a multi-generation workforce. She also provides examples of how creating teams of multi-generation employees can be helpful. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 2 and chapter 3 in our textbook, by talking about workforce diversity and women in organizations.

I found this video to be interesting, because it talks about the benefits of having more women in the workforce. In this video, Sandy Peterson (Executive Vice President of Johnson & Johnson), is being interviewed, and she gives us examples of how having more women in her company and in management has been beneficial to Johnson & Johnson.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 2 and chapter 2 in our textbook, by talking about ethics and how it's an important part of management practices.

I found this article to be interesting, because it lists six traits that your current employees and individuals you are planning on hiring, should have, because those six traits are known to predict ethical behavior within the workplace. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 2 and chapter 2 in our textbook, by discussing corporate social responsibility.

 I found this video to be helpful, because it gives a wonderful representation of corporate social responsibility and why it's important. Another thing that I like about this video, is that it provides excellent real life examples of sustainability and the stakeholder theory.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 3 and chapter 4 in our textbook, by talking about NAFTA and the meaning behind the trade agreement.

I found this video to be helpful, because it gave me a better understanding of NAFTA. I also felt like this video was important to my learning, because it taught me why NAFTA was controversial, what it accomplished, and how it has affected American jobs.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 3 and chapter 4 in our textbook, by talking about influencing people in multinational corporations.

I found this article to be interesting, because it talks about how a leaders' decision making, communication style, and other tendencies are often influenced by the geographical region in which they operate. I also like how this article includes six examples of leadership styles that support the idea of good leadership being personality in the right place. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 3 and chapter 4 in our textbook, by talking about license agreements.

I found this article be very helpful, because it lists three ways to avoid pitfalls in license agreements. I also like how it promotes the idea that a solid understanding by both parties of a license agreement will help to ensure that everyone gets off on the right foot.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 3 and chapter 4 in our textbook, by showing the 4 different levels of international involvement. 

I like this photo, because it helped me understand the primary ways that companies operate within the international arena and it also helped me understand which organizations have no or low international involvement and which organizations have higher international involvement. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 4 and chapter 5 in our textbook, by showing the top two organizational plans and what they consist of.

I found this photo to be helpful, because it gave me a better visual of the different types of standing plans and the different types of single use plans. It also helped me understand that standing plans can be used over and over again and that single us plans can only be used once. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 4 and chapter 6 in our textbook, by talking about the decision making process that is recommended for managerial use.

I found this video to be helpful, because it taught me more about the five different steps of the decision making process. I also really enjoyed this video, because it presented great real life scenarios that involved using the decision making process. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 4 and chapter 7 in our textbook, by talking about the SWOT Analysis tool.

I found this article to be interesting, because it gave a wonderful description of SWOT Analysis and it also provided alot of helpful information about this tool. I like how it goes through the different steps of a SWOT Analysis and how it gives examples of what each step should look like.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 4 and chapter 7 in our textbook, by talking about the cost leadership strategy.

I found this article to be interesting because it talks about cost leadership and competitive advantage and lists some advantages and disadvantages of the two.  This article helped me to better understand the concept of cost leadership and it also helped me to understand that this strategy may only work for select industries. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 5 and chapter 8 in our textbook, by explaining the organizing process.

I found this photo to be helpful, because it lists the five steps of the organizing process and the order they should go in. What I like about this photo is that with the direction of the arrows, we can see that managers should continually repeat these steps in order to improve their organization.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 5 and chapter 9 in our textbook, by talking about delegation. 

I found this video to be very helpful, because it explains delegation and how it can be useful for organizations. It taught me that not only can delegation take some of the stress off of managers,  but it can also open up a door of opportunities for employees and it show employees that their manager trusts them.

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I included this artifact because it relates back to module 5 and chapter 16 in our textbook, by talking about code of conduct.

I found this article to be interesting, because it talks about code of conduct and how it can influence an organizational culture. This article did a great job at explaining some of the positive impacts of establishing a code of conduct and setting expectations for employees behavior.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 5 and chapter 16 in our textbook, by giving an example of the ethics dimension of organizational culture.

I found this article to be interesting, because it talks about Starbucks and how it has remained one of the most ethical companies according to Ethisphere magazine. I enjoyed reading this article and learning more about Starbucks and how they emphasize not only what is good for their organization, but also what is good for other human beings.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 6 and chapter 10 in our textbook, by talking about EEOC.

I found this article to be interesting, because it talks about the EEOC filing lawsuits against employers in order to eliminate hiring barriers for people with disabilities. I think this article does a great job at giving a real world example of EEOC and why it is so important. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 6 and chapter 12 in our textbook, by giving examples of emotional intelligence.

I found this photo to be interesting because it lists ten skills possessed by emotionally intelligent managers, according to Daniel Goleman. Im happy I came across this photo, because I feel like these are all very important in building a positive organization culture.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 6 and chapter 15 in our textbook, by comparing formal and informal groups in organizations.

I found this article to be interesting, because it explains the top seven differences between formal and informal groups in organizations by explaining the different types of authority, nature, behavior of members, communication pattern, supervision, and superiors that each group consists of.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 6 and chapter 15 in our textbook, by giving an example the phenomenon called "groupthink".

I found this video to be interesting, because it gave a great example of the phenomena called "groupthink". Not only did this video help me to better grasp the concept of groupthink, but I found it to be pretty entertaining as well.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 7 and chapter 13 in our textbook, by talking about Fiedler's Contingency Theory.

I found this video to be helpful, because it taught me about the Fielder's Contingency Theory and it's significance to organizational behavior. This video helped me understand that in order to solve employee problems, you have to look at different variables that effect employees, such as independent and dependent variables.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 7 and chapter 14 in our textbook, by explaining Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

I found this photo to be helpful because it not only lists the five different needs but it also shows their relative positions in the hierarchy of importance. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 7 and chapter 13 in our textbook, by talking about servant leaders.

I found this article to be interesting, because it defines the term servant leader and it also lists nine qualities of servant leaders. I enjoyed reading this article and learning about servant leaders and how they can benefit an organization.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 7 and chapter 14 in our textbook, by discussing the concept of flextime.

I found this article to be interesting because it discusses the concept of flextime and lists several benefits of flextime to employers. I like how this article included research that backed up these several benefits.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 8 and chapter 17 in our textbook, by talking about total power of a manager. 

I found this article to be interesting, because it listed five steps to increase your influence as a manager. I like how the five steps reflected the idea of that the person with the most influence has the most power. 

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 8 and chapter 18 in our textbook, by talking about automation.

I found this article to be interesting, because it talks about automation, how it is being combined with the human workforce, and how we can go about preparing for an increasingly automated future. I didn't know much about the term automation before, but this article definitely helped me understand the concept much better.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 8 and chapter 18 in our textbook, by talking about the four categories of ratio.

I found this article to be helpful because it taught me what financial ratios were and it also  taught me about the four basic types of ratios and what they indicate.

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I included this artifact, because it relates back to module 8 and chapter 18 in our textbook, by talking about the concept of control cost.

I found this article to be helpful and very informational, because it taught me about control cost and explained the four main stages of the general cost control process.

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