manager interview
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 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]..
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…