Application Exercises 1.Interview a manager at any level of a local company. Identify the managers job according to level and area. Explain what planning, organizing, directing, and controlling mean in terms of the managers job. Give examples. Also indicate which management skills are most important for the managers job. 2. Analyze mission statements from three companies. How effective do you think the mission statements are? Explain your reasoning. Do you think the mission statements clearly reflect the identity of the company? Explain. 3. Interview an administrator at your college or university and get that persons views on the schools strengths and weaknesses and on the threats and opportunities the school is facing. Then use this information to write up a SWOT analysis for the school. 4. Select any organization of which you are a member (your company, your family, your place of worship, or a club). Explain the relevance of the management functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling for that organization.