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The assignment is about a graduate course related to Business & Society and shouldn't exceed 2000 words. It is required to interview a person who is engaged in a business activity such as hospital administrator or medical services.

First, to prepare for the interview, develop a list of questions you would like to discuss with your contact. The interview should cover appropriate material in the course.

Second, write up the interview by answering the following 8 sets of questions: (remember to make each set of questions #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 appendix a subheading in your paper):

#1) Summarize (do not give a word-for-word account) the more interesting responses to your list of questions plus any other interesting topics discussed in the interview. Were there any surprises? Explain. (Remember to use appropriate business terms and weave course concepts and material into your answers for questions #1 through #6).

#2) Critically analyze the interviewee responses. Do you feel your contact really understands his/her field? Explain. Did your contact reinforce points in the text or contradict the text? If so, in your opinion, which is correct? Be convincing.

#3) did you learn anything from the interview? Explain. Be specific.

#4) Develop a rating scale before the interview and rate the interviewee (after you have left the interview) on job performance and any other criteria you feel are appropriate given the course material and the interviewee's job activity. Give your results and explain. (I would suggest you do NOT mention this aspect of the write-up to your interviewee.) [Note: rating items are not ranking items. With ratings, one uses a scale such as 1-5 where 1 is poor and 5 is very good. Ranking is where one lists the items in some type of order such as from bad to good.]

#5) given what you have learned in this course, what concepts or techniques covered in the course would you recommend your interviewee adopt? Explain. Be specific and convincing. Write this part as if you were a consultant hired by your interviewee to review his or her work and make recommendations.

#6) would you recommend this type of marketing or management activity (the job activity your interviewee discussed) to a fellow undergraduate student seeking employment? Explain.

#7) give the name, company and location of your contact.

#8) In an appendix to the paper, list the questions you asked the interviewee. The words in this appendix do not count in the 2000 word limit of the paper.