Obtain the following materials from the company or organization
visited:
- Company literature
- Before visiting the office, ask the contact person for
copies of a product brochure, a capability statement, or, if neither is
available, advertising copy. Read the material before the visit and select
the item that best represents the office to use in the final presentation.
- Floor plan
- Before visiting the office, ask the contact person for
a copy of a floor plan of the primary work area. If one is not available,
sketch it during the visit. The plan need not be drawn to scale or artistically
rendered, but it must show the following: management offices, nonmanagement
employees' offices, and equipment or furnishings as they seem necessary
to describe the workings of the office, for example, privacy partitions,
desks or workstations, and computers.
- Inventory
- Compile a list of the office's furnishings and equipment.
Categorize the data into "essential" equipment, furniture, and
"personal and decorative" items.
- Organization chart
- Using the sample organization chart in the status
section as a guide, draw a chart showing the management structure of the
organization visited.
- Interviews
- Conduct two 30-minute interviews with a manager or supervisor
and a person who works for him or her. Write two two-page summaries of
the interviews.
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