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ADMG 371 Administrative Management Workplace Visitation

In a recent ITAM Advisory Board meeting, the Board members encouraged the ITAM faculty to incorporate more interaction with businesses and workplace settings.  Why?  They cited these reasons:

·         to give students experience in the real world of business and the workplace environment

·         to provide students with realistic expectations and insights in their chosen field

·         to gain insights into real administrative and business problems

·         to add realism to the ITAM curriculum

Many of you taking this class are in the ITAM department.  The ITAM Department has four specializations:  Network Administration, Web and Database Administration, Retail Management and Technology plus corresponding minors.   Some of you are from difference majors such as Accounting, Economics, Communication, Law and Justice, Construction Management, and other university majors.

This final visitation project asks you to do what the Advisory Board has requested:  visit a contemporary office, business, department, workplace setting, or similar business entity related directly to your major, minor, or personal interest.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this visitation, you will be able to...

·         observe and describe a workplace environment related to your major or minor field.

·         interview an administrative manager/supervisor and report your findings.

·         provide an analysis of and reaction to your visit.

Requirements:

1. You must interview a company with at least 25 employees.
2. If you obtain a phone interview, you must still answer all of the questions.
3. If the interviewee does not know the answer or doesn’t provide detail, make recommendations/provide discussion in your final paper—in other words, you are still responsible for answering every question.     

Directions:

1.       Get started early!  Don't wait until the last three weeks of class to start. Read the questions prior to selecting an organization so that you are selecting an organization and a person who can answer all these questions!

2.       Schedule a visit to a business, department, office, or similar workplace setting related directly to your major, minor or personal interest.  

3.       Complete the questionnaire on pages 2-3 of this assignment and include in your memo as a heading.  You may combine one or two items where it makes sense.  Make sure the font in questionnaire matches with the font throughout the rest of your memo!  Do not use the assignment template footer in your memo; use the memo format you have learned throughout the quarter. 

4.       Write a two-page memo detailing analysis and reaction to your visit, and include the questionnaire and answers at the end, under its own heading.  The analysis should include terms, concepts, and principles gained from the content of this course.  Your reaction should include what you gained from the visit.  THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED AS ONE DOCUMENT with questionnaire answers/questions as a memo heading.

5.       BOLD Key terms from the book.

6.       Due:  The due date is listed on the Course Calendar.  NO LATE PAPERS!

Visitation Questionnaire

Instructions: Complete this questionnaire and save it to your computer, as it will be part of the memo you turn in.