Your task for this assignment is to interview a manager.It can be a present or past manager. You may choose any organization you wish - perhaps one in which you or a family member/friend have worked. Feel free to choose a for-profit or not-for-profit organization. Below is a list of questions to help get you started with the interview.

• What is their name, the name of the company, their job title, and how long they have been with the organization?
• What are their responsibilities?
• What is their managerial hierarchy level? How many people do they report to directly?
• What is the most challenging part of their job?
• How many of the four basic management principles do they use? (planning, organizing, leading and controlling)
• What is their managerial span of control?
• How important to their job are technical, conceptual, interpersonal, and communication skills?
• What is their primary leadership style? Does that style work for most situations or do they sometimes use a different approach?

Using a minimum of three sources, use two page research paper of that includes information from the interview and also addresses the following items:

• A brief summary of the organization, its purpose, and products or services it provides.
• A description of the industry in which the organization exists (include a list of major competitors).