Reference no: EM132446090
Include each question with your answer for each interviewee.
1. How long has he/she been in management?
2. What was his/her first job in management?
3. How did he/she get into management?
4. What is the educational background of the person being interviewed?
5. What courses did they take in school that proved most useful to them as a manager?
6. What courses or skills do they feel would be most beneficial for them at this stage of their management career?
7. How have they kept up with the changes in management styles and models in today's business world? (Have they been back to school; attended seminars; read industry and management related books, etc?).
8. What was the biggest challenge they faced when they first moved into management? How did they address this challenge?
9. What do they see as the three (3) most significant challenges facing managers in today's workplace?
10. What has been the single most significant change they have seen during their career as a manager?
11. What do they see as the most significant challenges facing their business in the next 5 years? What plans have they made to address this challenge?
12. What do they like most about being in management? Why?
13. What do they like least about being in management? Why? (see next page)
14. What do they feel is the key to motivating today's work force?
15. In what type of planning do they participate? How?
16. What do they see as the keys to being an effective leader in today's business environment? Why do they feel these are so critical to today's manager?
17. How do they compare the workforce and employee of today with that of past years? Why?
18. What advice can they offer to you as someone pursuing a degree and a career in the field of management? What do you think about their advice? Why?