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Assignment 1 Identification of a Supervisor Champion

Points: 10%, 100 points

(Due Date) January 25, 11:55 pm. in Blackboard “Docs and Uploads.” See side tab. Click on assignment, browse to get your file, and upload. Late work will not be accepted.

One-page Synopsis using M.S. Word and 12 point Times New Roman type font, single spacing, and 1” margin all around |

Introduction: Please devote enough time to think carefully, act quickly, and choose wisely when undertaking and completing this assignment. The work you do on this assignment will provide the foundation for all of your other assignments in this course. CHOOSE WISELY! Your job is to recruit a Supervisor Champion in industry or another technology-intensive work environment, someone who will be available and willing to discuss their experiences and recommendations for being a successful supervisor. Later on they will need to provide and on-site interview, and show you the activities, processes, and products in their own work environment. Pick a supervisor other than your own whom you feel is recognized many in your place of work as a Supervisor Champion. If you are not formally employed you may want to use someone from a former place of employment or network with friends or relatives to make contact with someone they suggest you recruit for this assignment. Ask them to make contact for you to maximize support. Don’t ask me to make this important choice for you. When you contact this person to see if they will serve as your sponsor, make sure they are willing and enthusiastic about sharing information that can help you learn more about supervision. My recommendation is that if you sense that they are hesitant, or cannot devote time for this, look elsewhere. A personal meeting with them to introduce yourself and your mission goes a long way toward success. This may be hard to do with a “cold call.” You may want to select a supervisor who is also working for your employer, but do not pick your own supervisor or someone you have regular contact with.

In this assignment you will be introducing the Supervisor Champion you select to me and are expected to use this individual as “the source” of much content that will be used in three additional assignments. Please understand the nature of these assignments (shown below). Details will be provided later. Make sure the Supervisor Champion will be available when you need them and will be provide necessary information for these. The information you provide in class will be kept confidential for my reading only and will not be distributed elsewhere without your written permission. Other assignments to be completed later in ITEC 4293 are shown below:

Requirements: Using 12 pt. Times New Roman with single spacing and 1” margins all around:

1. Refer to the Rubric for A1 in “Docs and Uploads” for assessment information in this assignment.

2. Use caps and lower case to provide your name, course number, and the date centered in the header. Use “insert header” to do this. Google this if you don’t know how.

3. Consult p. 3 of my eBook, “Practitioner’s Guidebook for Developing Successful Research Proposals in Science, Engineering and Technology,” J. Barry DuVall and Te-Shun Chou, for information on levels of headings and proper citation methods. This is located in “Docs and Uploads” in Blackboard. Major points will be deducted for ignoring information on levels of headings.

4. On the 3rd line provide the Title of the Assignment using a (level 1 headline).

5. Write a 1-page synopsis (no more and no less) that identifies and describes the Supervisor Champion you will use as the sponsor and model for assignments in this class. Use level 2 headings. The first heading must say “Name and Contact Information.” Then provide the following information using narrative form:

a. Their name, title, employer, location, and a brief description of the major product that is manufactured or constructed, or the service that is provided. Caution: This is a formal report. In all your reports refer to the Supervisor Champion in a professional and respectful manner using their surname (i.e., Ms. Smythe, Mr. Gingrich, Mrs. Eppendorf, or Dr. Alejandro).

b. In this section also provide the following contact information for the Supervisor Champion: telephone number, email address, name of employer and complete mailing address. (Use accurate information on this assignment. I may need to contact them to verify accuracy later. In Assignments 2, 3, and 4 you can use pseudonyms in place of actual name for the employer.

6. Now you need to write the Synopsis. This is where your creative thinking, organizational ability, and quality writing comes in. Use narrative form and write something that generates interest and enthusiasm. You don’t want to tell the whole story, but you do want to get the me (the only one who will read this) interested in what will eventually be unfolding as you study different aspects of the Supervisor Champion’s worklife and complete assignments in this course. Let’s take a closer look at how to write a Synopsis. Synopses are often written for books, plays, even research proposals (abstracts), plans of action, and music (reviews). But here you are writing a synopsis to get me more interested in learning about a Supervisor Champion in the real world.

To give you better ideas on how to do this imagine for a moment that you are writing a jacket blurb for a book. For sure if the reader is going to buy the book, the blurb needs to pique their curiosity and interest and make them want to buy the book to see what happens. You may want to read a few jacket blurbs to get the gist of this. Take notes on what got you most interested in so you can use this later on. If you do a good job on this assignment I won’t be buying a book but will be charged up, interested, curious and will want to give you maximum points on this assignment.