ADMG 371 Administrative Management Workplace Visitation
In our recent ITAM Advisory Board meeting, the Board members encouraged the ITAM faculty to incorporate more interaction with businesses and workplace settings. Why? They cited these reasons:
• to give students a glimpse into the real world of business and the workplace environment
• to provide students with realistic expectations of what will be expected of them
• to gain insights into real administrative and business problems
• to add realism to the ITAM curriculum

Many of you taking this class are in the ITAM department. The ITAM Department has five specializations: (1) Network Administration, (2) Web and Database Administration, (3) Retail Management and
Technology (4) CyberSecurity, and (5) Administrative Management plus corresponding minors in each specialization area, and an additional minor in Project Management. Some of you are from
difference majors such as Accounting, Economics, Communication, Law and Justice, Construction Management, and other university majors.

This final visitation project asks you to do what the Advisory Board has requested: visit a contemporary office, business, department, workplace setting, or similar business entity related
directly to your major, minor, or personal interest.
Objectives:

Upon completion of this visitation, you will be able to…
• observe and describe an workplace environment related to your major or minor field.
• interview an administrative manager/supervisor and report your findings.
• provide an analysis of and reaction to your visit.
Requirements:
1. You must interview a company with at least 25 employees. That does not mean the site you visit must have 25 employees. For example, if you are a Retail and Technology major and want to
visit a Starbucks location, that specific location might not have 25 employees, but Starbucks does employ well over 25 people total!
2. If the interviewee does not know the answer or doesn’t provide detail, make recommendations /provide discussion in your final paper—in other words, you are still responsible for answering
every question.

Directions:
1. Get started early! Don’t wait until the last three weeks of class to start. Read the questions prior to selecting an organization so that you are selecting an organization and a person who
can answer all these questions!

2. Schedule a visit to a business, department, office, or similar workplace setting related directly to your major, minor or personal interest.

3. Complete 5 sections in the Visitation Questionnaire in addition to the Career Advice sections during your scheduled visit.

4. Write a 4-6-page memo detailing analysis and reaction to your visit. The analysis should include terms, concepts, and principles gained from the content of this course. Your reaction
should include what you gained from the visit and/or recommendations you would make for changes. Your analysis and reaction are NOT the actual questions and answers; rather, your analysis of those
questions! NOTE: if all you do in this part of your memo is copy and paste your answers from the Visitation Questionnaire, and provide no analysis or reaction, your score for this project will be
very low!

5. BOLD Key terms from the book.

6. The due date is listed on the Course Calendar. NO LATE PAPERS!

Memo Headings:
Your first paragraph (introduction) does not have a heading. In your first paragraph, describe the company you visited. Essentially in the first paragraph you will answer questions 1-6 of the
Visitation Questionnaire. After that introductory paragraph, use the following headings (these depend upon the 5 areas of interest you chose for your interview – so only use the 5 areas you chose!:

Management Career Paths
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Management Theories
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Effective Supervision
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Leadership Essentials
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Planning, Goal Setting, and Achieving Results
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Staffing Essentials
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Setting Up Employees for Success
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Appraising and Rewarding Performance
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Project Management
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Paper and Electronic Records Management
(Give an analysis and reaction to the questions you asked).

Career Advice
(Discuss career advice your interviewee gave you).