Final

ADMG 371 Administrative Management Workplace Visitation

In our 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 five specializations: (1) Network Administration, (2) Web and Database Administration, (3) Retail Management and Technology (4) Cybersecurity, and (5) Administrative Management plus corresponding minors in each specialization area, and an additional minor in Project Management. 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:

You must interview a company with at least 25 employees. You may visit a specific site that does not have 25 employees, as long as the parent company employs at least 25 employees. For example a Starbucks store may not employ 25 people, but the parent company certainly employs greater than 25 people.
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:

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!

Schedule a visit to a business, department, office, or similar workplace setting related directly to your major, minor or personal interest. Complete the Introductory Information of the questionnaire and prepare your questions before you go on the interview.

Complete 5 sections in the Visitation Questionnaire in addition to the Career Advice section during your scheduled visit.

Write a 4-6-page memo detailing analysis and reaction to your visit. 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 and/or recommendations you would make for changes. Your analysis and reaction are NOT the actual questions and answers; rather, your analysis of those questions.

NOTE: The questionnaire will be attached as an Appendix under its own memo heading following the 4-6 page analysis and reaction memo. If you include the questionnaire in the main body of the memo, copy and paste your answers from the Visitation Questionnaire, or provide no analysis or reaction, your score for this project will be very low.

BOLD key terms from the book.

The due date is listed on the Course Calendar and on Canvas. NO LATE PAPERS!

Memo Headings:

Your first paragraph (introduction) does not have a heading. In your first paragraph, describe the company you visited. Essentially in the first paragraph you will answer questions 1-6 of the Visitation Questionnaire. After that introductory paragraph, use the following headings according to the 5 areas you chose to cover in the interview. The Career Advice and Appendix headings (last 2 headings) are required for all students.

Management Career Paths