Today I completed some minor business homework assignments and learned about the P-O-L-C framework for managers, which stands for Planning Organizing Leading and Controlling. Essentially the manager works in trying to complete the company's objectives which can be something like making a million dollars through selling door handles (just a random example I came up with).
The first step is planning so the manager creates a plan to fulfill that objective keeping in mind the company's limitations and resources. After the planning phase is organizing, so the manager will organize the employees and create a structure that will have them worknig efficiently. After that they lead which means motivating employees to work harder and better. The last part is control, in which the manager does micro-management of making sure the employees are fulfilling their tasks.
I also re-learned about S.M.A.R.T. goals which instead of Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Time Based, the A instead stood for Aggressive. The main difference between Actionable and Aggressive is that Actionable just means it's something doable. Aggressive means it's a reaching goal, one that's harder to attain. So in that way they mean different things.