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Operations Management Informational Interview
The purpose of the informational interview is to encourage you to gather more information about a particular profession, a person, or a particular organization.
It is an opportunity to approach a professional in the field of Operations Management in order to ask specific questions about such things as skills needed to enter a field, educational requirements of a given profession, or the types of responsibilities that characterize a given job classification. It is also a valuable networking opportunity.
Operations Management Interview Guidelines
Write a paper of your interview addressing these items:
• Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management.
• Provide insights into your subject's role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.
• Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview.
• List the questions you asked.
• Reflect on what this interview experience has taught you about the given industry, your subject's position and her company, and her outlook for future opportunities within this industry.
• Provide your own outlook on your chosen career, your major field of study, and what networking opportunities you want to pursue.
• Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview.
• Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested.
Assignment
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word interview.
Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management.
Provide insights into your subject's role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.
Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview.
List the questions you asked.
Include a summary of the organization.
Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview.
Provide a reflection of what is important about this assignment.
Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested.