Manager's Interview MGT 380

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Purpose: To have an opportunity to learn from experience by talking with a manager.

Activity: Interview a manager, any manager, to learn about his/her roles, skills, challenges and issues that are important in the workplace today and in the future. The manager can be your current manager, a former manager, a family member or a friend who is a manager, a manager at a local business, a manager at any level. For the purposes of this paper a manager is anyone who supervises employees or volunteers. This needs to be an interview done for this class - it is a violation of academic integrity to "recyle" previous assignments without the instructor's knowledge and permission.

Discuss with that manger:

  1. Their manager level, title, and number of employees s/he manages.
  2. Their roles (use Mintzberg’s roles from the text as your guide).
  3. The skills needed to complete these roles (using Katz as your guide).
  4. Their current greatest challenge today; greatest challenge over the next 5 years or so.
  5. The most critical issue in the workplace today; critical issue over the next 5 years or so.
  6. Two other topics of your choosing, broad or narrow, similar or different – it doesn’t matter to me, just pick two topics that you are interested and/or topics that same pertinent to the business/manager at hand. Include these topics in your interview and in your write-up.
  7. Basic information about the company [basic financial information of available (e.g., revenue…), number of employees, product or service].

What you will need to submit below (through SafeAssign):

1. The Manager’s name and contact information (organization, title, address and phone).

2. The responses to 1-7 above, and your thoughts on the manager’s responses.

The format of the write-up:

The format is up to you. You can transcribe the interview. For example:

“ Your Name”: What is your managerial level?

“ Manager’s Name”: I am a mid-level manager and my title is…

Or you can write it in a case study format: At “Company Name”, “ Manager Name” is a mid-level manager who is faced with the challenges…

I am always flexible on page length (content is more important to me – I will be looking for responses to 1-7 above), but I would expect around 4-5 pages, double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12-point font size. Please include your name in the first line of the body of your report.


Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Who is considered to be a manager?
A: For this assignment a manager is anybody who supervises at least one employee or volunteer.

Q: Can I interview a manager from a non-profit or volunteer organization?
A: Yes, the same principles should apply in volunteer and non-profit organizations as they do in for-profit organizations.

Q: Can I interview a relative (parent, sibling, cousin...) who is a manager?
A: Yes.

Q: Can I interview an old/current manager of mine?
A: Yes.

Q: I am, or have been, a manager. Can I interview myself?
A: No. I would like you to reflect on how you and someone else views being a manager.

Q: The manager that I want to interview is out of state. Can I do a phone interview?
A: Yes, you can do a phone (or Skype) interview as long as it is live and interactive. You may not do your interview via email - I expect some back and forth discussion to occur during the interview and this cannot happen through email.

Q: I have done an interview like this before for another class. Can I look at my old notes when creating my assignment?
A: No. The interview needs to be done this semester for this class.

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Running head: MANAGER’S INTERVIEW

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Manager’s interview
Question One

At Toyota, the Chief Executive Officer is Akio Toyoda who manages 364,445
employees. The organization operates globally thus a large number of employees to manage.
However, the CEO does not work alone since he might not fully address the needs of every
employee a reason why he has mid-level managers. As a top-level manager, Toyoda has a
number of duties and roles to meet to ensure that the corporation has met the demands of the
customers globally.
Question Two
The manager ensures that there is smooth running of the company in the different parts of
the world. this implies that he has to receive reports from different branches and analyze them to
make the right decision to move the company forward. On the other hand, he has the
responsibility of making the organizational decisions which control the way in which the global
corporation operates. However, the manager has to work hand in hand with the other top leaders
from different continents where the company has its operations. The top-level manager also has
to oversee the operations of every department at the company's headquarters to ensure that he
can give the right directions which will eventually lead to success. As the manager in the highest
position, holding interactive meetings with managers from other companies becomes his role.
This is to ensure that there is the building of the relationship between the company and its
suppliers as we...


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