espond to question with a least a 250-word response. Be sure you use text, at minimum, as citation and reference to answer questions. 1. If you could sit next to any well-known organizational manager/leader (living or dead), who would it be and why? What questions would you ask? 2. As you begin your degree, you are taking on a huge responsibility. And most of your probably already have busy lives. So what is your plan to integrateschool to what you are already doing? How do you plan to manage your time so that you can meet the requirements of participation and assignments? 3. Why are Wikipedia and blogs unacceptable sources? Why can using Google to do research be a problem? What makes research credible and reliable? 4. List and define the four principal functions of a manager (Hint: POLC). How are these functions applied at your organization (or an organization with which you are familiar)? How can you apply each function to more effective and efficient at simultaneously managing school, career, and family? 5. What are the key roles managers fill to build a learning organization? Do you see your organization as a learning organization? How does this influence the performance of the people in the organization? Considering the course materials, what are your recommendations for enhancing the learning roles at your organization and how might this impact performance? 6. Why are managers important? What the four functions of management? How is the job changing? 7. Scenario 1: What is your mindset? Consider a time when you had a fixed mindset in a challenging situation in which others had fixed mindsets. How did this impact your performance and others’ and the outcome of the challenge? What do you need to do to shift to or foster a mindset that will enable growth as a student and effectiveness as a manager? As a manager, how can you foster a growth mindset in others?

Organizational Manager

Howard Schultz is a great businessman who started from a very low-income family in the Bronx to an athletic research and finally the manager of Starbucks Company. The story of Howard is so inspiring and is a complete example of bravery, hard work and the effort to accomplish the American vision. Even in the shine of his success, he is still interested in venturing into other businesses and investing in other operations including the eBay. The one question that I would pose to Schultz is “what are the reasons behind his success and how does he deal with businesses challenges arising on a daily basis.”

Integrating School Activities

The only way of integrating school work and business is through coming up with a flexible schedule that would allow smooth operations within the company and failing to overlap that of school activities. Time management is a critical factor in any endeavors; therefore, I will ensure that all the significant participation and assignments have their set aside hours within the fixed timetable as this will ensure they are articulated on time.

Wikipedia and Blogs

Wikipedia is considered to be an encyclopedia that represents data from consensus; thus, academic writing needs that researchers look at the primary or secondary sources that comprise of studies or an author’s write up regarding a review. Therefore and blogs acts merely as overviews of information that are generally written for the entire public (Richardson, 2010). The main reason why Google is recommended for carrying out research is they provide data that are accurate and can be traced from reliable and appropriate sources. Also, what makes research credible and reliable is that it can be approved and examined effectively.

Principal Functions of a Manager

The four principal functions of a manager include planning and decision-making, organizing, leading and finally controlling (Milanowski & Kimball, 2010). Planning and decision-making engage in coming up with appropriate missions and goals for the organization together with the actions needed to accomplish the set objectives. In organizing office duties, the manager should provide resources that are effective by the plan to meet the set goals. Leading is the third role that is influential as it will encourage the institution to operate together with the interest of the business upheld. Finally, controlling is typically comparing and coming up with appropriate correction mechanisms that are significant in achieving objectives.

Managers in Learning Institutions

In building a learning organization, managers play a considerable role of enhancing the general growth of the entire project through job knowledge and skills, change management and ensure that the whole process is going according to the laid down procedures (Sommerville, Craig & Hendry, 2010). My organization is strategically a learning institution as employees and employers interact freely with training activities that enhance the production process. Some of the recommendations for improving the learning roles at the organization include team building programs where works explore more knowledge from other similar institutions.

Functions of Management

Any success in a business set up happens due to successful workers who are typically incorporated into the business with the help of critical managers. Robust manager operation in engaging worker performance enhances engagement by close to sixty percent thus leading to enhanced service delivery. The four primary functions of management include directing, planning, controlling, and organizing (Schraeder et al. 2014).

Fixed Mindset

The fixed mindset has a negative impact on performance as it makes one believe that their intelligence and skills are already determined and cannot be changed at all cost. Therefore, the fixed mind does not allow for new knowledge and way of operation. This kind of mindset also leads to the emotional decision-making process as one continually compares himself with others. The growth mindset is the only option that can make a person improve and develop new intelligence and skills.

 

References

Milanowski, A., & Kimball, S. (2010). The principal as human capital manager: Lessons from the private sector. Teaching talent: A visionary framework for human capital in education, 69-90.

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Corwin Press.

Schraeder, M., Self, D. R., Jordan, M. H., & Portis, R. (2014). The functions of management as mechanisms for fostering interpersonal trust. Advances in business research, 5(1), 50-62.

Sommerville, J., Craig, N., & Hendry, J. (2010). The role of the project manager: all things to all people?. Structural Survey, 28(2), 132-141.