Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done: Brian Yanaga

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Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done

by Brian Yanaga - Thursday, 3 September 2020, 8:28 AM
Placing myself into the mindset of a manager, I believe the business goals and operations are
placed to create achievements for teams and individuals. Therefore, to get things done, we need
to lead and influence our team to achieve these achievements and objectives. This is how I
interpret the quote "The art of getting things done through the efforts of other people.”
In the video by HumberEDU, the presenter brought to light 4 functions of management (2015).
These functions are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Since these 4 functions can't
work alone to achieve the results, I think it's best to use an example on how these 4 functions
plus the information of SMART goals can reach the expectations in the frame of a company.
SMART goals, as was stated in the video by DecisionSkills, are stated as Specific, Measurable,
Actionable, Relevant, and Time Bound.
Let's imagine a company that sells golf balls. As a company, the objective is for your team to sell
"a 3 million units of golf balls by end of Quarter 3." This goal already helps fill most of the
requisites for a SMART goal by answering some of the 5 W's questions (Curriculum Wadhwani,
2013); the who, the what, and the when.
With a SMART goal, we are able to measure (number of goal) and assign achievable goals for
individuals to reach the company's objectives in a specified time frame. So, as a manager,
knowing the background, the experience, the motivation, and the limitations of the team, it is
much easier to manage expectations and have the team deliver by having achievable goals.
To summarize, using goals that are given by the business, as a manager, you are able to
disseminate this and use the basic functions of management to lead your team to get the most
out of them to achieve their and the businesses objectives.
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by Francis Mloza - Friday, 4 September 2020, 2:52 PM
I agree with your points Brian that
1. To get things done we need to lead and influence our team to achieve the goals required.
2. The use of SMART goals to measure and assign achievable goals for individuals. i believe that
these are achievable if we have the right manager and the right team for the goals to be
achieved.
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by Justin Ebulley - Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:20 AM
I agree with your assessment but leadership I also add up is an essential requirement that
determines how a firm can even sustain its customers.
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by Namusisi Scovia - Saturday, 5 September 2020, 11:43 AM
Wow it's really amazing, and really I love the examples and you have well explained everything, I
strongly agree, building team work and influencing them is key to great success of any company
be it small of large,
We had amanager at my former job . (As a radio presenter), who failed the entire company due
to lack of SMART goals as a technique to manage the company. He never never influenced not
motivated any worker, hence the company failed.
Thank you.
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by Richard Cline (Instructor) - Sunday, 6 September 2020, 12:00 AM
Brian,
Great Start, but you need to check out the sample paper I posted in the Instructor's Expectations
as to APA Citation. You cited a few works in text,but did not cite a reference section at the
bottom of the page. Wk's 1 and 2 I consider gimmies, on this, but plagiarism is a very very strong
offence in UoPeople, so be sure to correctly cite your sources in text and in reference lists.
Prof Cline
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by Brian Yanaga - Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 12:30 AM
Thank you for the direct feedback. I will review and cite sources according to APA version 7.
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by Denise Campbell - Sunday, 6 September 2020, 10:30 AM
I couldn’t agree with u more on everything you’ve mentioned in your post, especially giving the
example of a company objective of selling a certain number of golf balls by the end of the year!
Having an objective and a plan is very important when it it comes onto managing, because as
you mentioned with smart goal it is easier to measure the number of goal and assign goals for
each of the team members that they can achieve and it also sometimes depends on their work
ethics as well, a manager has to understand and know they’re employees of what they’re good
and not good at so they can be given the right task to accomplish they’re goal.
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by Mohamad Alhayes - Sunday, 6 September 2020, 10:53 AM
Hello Brian, i just want to say that this was an amazing point of view. Good luck and keep up the
good work.
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by Nina Robinson - Sunday, 6 September 2020, 7:32 PM
I like your view on this with having the smart goals objective. And how you said making sure you
already have goals setup so they can reach the companies objective. I have no experience yet to
managing but this for sure was helpful information.
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by Thomas Leke - Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 5:06 AM
Hi Brian,
Thanks very much for explaining this concept with good examples and citations. I just wish to
add that the cause of a bad management at times is because some companies prefare to hand
over their business to family members to manage, which they might have little or no managerial
skills to manage the employees and the business as a whole. Due to this family type of business
management, the managers turn to be Bosses instead of leaders.
Thanks for your ideas on this topic.
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by Ayebazibwe Sandra - Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 9:27 AM
according to me, every business with SMART goals and following the four functionalities is doing
management
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by Bassmah Hauter - Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 2:46 PM
Hi Brian,
Good job. I liked your explanation. It is smart way to bring the four functions of the management
and the SMART goal and use them to give your own example of the manger.
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by Antonio Dinkins - Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 8:18 PM
I agree with the sentiments made by many in regards to the context of the information provided in
this post. The examples of illustrating the usage and creation of SMART goals was very
insightful.
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by Brianna Rodriguez - Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 10:25 PM
Hi Brian,
Great work this week. I agree that using setting achievable goals for your team is great. It's good
to know what you're working towards. Don't forget your citations and references. Thank you for
sharing!
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