Global Technology
Jeffrey Heffron
MGT/230
July 21, 2014
Professor Joe Cheng

Global Technology
After reading the assignment Jeff realizes he has no experience of how any organization defines the four functions of business, or is affected by globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, or ethics, but he will try to explain his understanding of the four functions of management and what he thinks the affects would be to an organization by using his experience as an employee in metal fabrication years ago at Suncoast Non-Ferrous Castings. Although the company is inactive at this time, Jeff will explain what he thinks he would have done to promote the company’s future to keep up with competition (Florida Companies USA, 2014).
Jeff spent a couple years working for the aluminum foundry where he made molds for aluminum parts for numerous companies throughout the country. One of the major contracts was with Harley Davidson making numerous crank case decorations and other cover plates. To begin with, Jeff would use the four functions of management by planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the business in the foundry. He would install an Internet system to promote globalization, one of the most important goals of the company, by designing and advertising a website to receive feedback from customers while using technology to develop a platform where a business has the advancement potential to expand worldwide (Bateman, 2011). He would also program the company with a database system like Xerox or a Cloud system to manage and interpret data retained from the ordering and billing divisions of the foundry for technological change using a Back Office Transaction Processing System (Xerox Corporation, 2014). He would then address the importance of knowledge and ideas, and organize collaboration teams throughout the organization to promote the expansion of