Part of learning about business is networking. This interview is to get you motivated and networking with business professionals in your local area. If you want, you can also set-up an online interview using Google Hangouts, however you should make an effort in your local area if at all possible for this experiential learning opportunity to conduct a face-to-face interview.
You will conduct a 30-minute interview with a business professional who has experience with risk management.
During the interview, ask permission to submit their first name, last name, and email address as elements of your interview summary, in case your professor wants to check in with them on their thoughts of the interview. (USE the name Mark Carry a District manager at Walmart store)
As the person conducting the interview, you should dress professionally for the interview, and be prepared with some initial research of the person you are interviewing (review their LinkedIn profile) as well as, their organization (online research, corporate website, etc.). The point is to show up as a business professional, and to be properly prepared and engaged for the interview. You will be asking the questions, and you should be prepared to be an active listener and to ask pertinent follow-on questions.
The three main question sets you are to ask, allowing about 10 minutes of discussion each, are:
Question Set 1: (Re-engineering)
What role does the concept of reengineering play within the fields of logistics and risk management? Can you share a real-world example of reengineering applied to your organization?
Question Set 2: (Collaboration)
Why is collaboration important to success? How does collaboration help mitigate risks? How do leaders encourage collaboration?
Question Set 3: (Agility)
What does it mean for an organization or system to be agile? Why is agility an important logistics and risk management concept? Looking towards the future, for the next 10 years, what role do you see for agility as to success within business for your organization?
To successfully complete this interview, review the rubric prior to the interview and ensure you complete all required elements. However, in general, you will be composing Full 2-pages of meeting minute format summary of the interview, highlighting who you selected to interview, their contact information, the three responses, any other follow-on questions or key points, and then close with a summary and your reflection on what you learned in relation to the course topics.