Question: Purpose of Assignment: For this assignment, the student will identify and interview someone they know who is in a management role. This allows the student to integrate the experience of real world managers with their own insights into planning and strategy. The assignment also reinforces the importance of contingency planning.
Assignment Steps: Interview someone you know who is in a management role using the Interview form. This can be at your current place of employment or someone you know personally working in a managerial role.
Prepare a 1000 to 1,050-word essay from the interview:
1. State the person's job title and organization.
2. State what you discovered about contingency planning.
3. Identify a situation that required a contingency plan
4. Discuss how creativity and critical thinking relate to contingency planning.
5. Explain how you might integrate creativity into your own planning process.
6. Discuss what you learned about creativity and its relationship to the decision-making process.
Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Planning Process Interview Questions
• How do you use the decision-making in your role as a manager?
• What role does contingency planning play in your role as a manager? How do you apply critical thinking to contingency planning?
• What roadblocks do you encounter when trying to apply creativity to your decision-making process?
• Are any business settings more in need of contingency planning than others? If so, why might they require contingency planning?
• What parts of planning are most likely to require a back-up play? Why?
• What additional information do you think a future manager should know about decision-making, contingency planning, and critical thinking?