The team interview project consist of each team contacting a middle or top manager of a medium to large size organization, preparing questions for a comprehensive interview, performing the interview, and writing up the results (specific format below).

Step 1 – Find a manager (middle manager or greater) that someone in your group knows, someone’s parent knows, someone in the community, etc. that would be open to being interviewed. Please submit the name of your manager for approval in your project status report due October 21.

Step 2 – Assemble a list of questions that would be exhaustive enough to take up a 45-60 minute interview and would gather information related to the four functions of management that we talk about in class. This list of questions is due for approval by November 6.

Step 3 – After your questions have been approved, arrange a time when 3-4 members of your group can sit down with the manager and perform the interview. Conduct the interview. (You will probably need to either take really good notes during the interview or record the interview on a recording device, so that you can transcribe it later.)

Step 4 – Write up your report. The first 2-3 pages should be background information on the company, the manager, and his/her position within the company. Be sure to include basic information on the manager’s educational background, tenure with the company, and previous positions held. The next 8-10 pages will be questions and answers from the interview. The last 4- 5 pages will be a summary of what your group learned through conducting the interview, specifically with relation to the topics discussed in class.

Step 5 – (optional for up to 5 points extra credit on your project) Make a 3-4 minute YouTube video detailing who you interviewed and some information that you learned from the interview that might be interesting to the rest of the class. If posting this to YouTube, please set the privacy settings to Unlisted.

The final project is due in class on December 4.

Paper format: 1. Intro 2. Q&A

A. Planning B. Organizing C. Leading D. Controlling

3. What we learned A. Planning B. Organizing C. Leading D. Controlling

4. Conclusion