The Informational Interview is for medical Billing CompanyInformational
Interview (20%)
The informational interview
involves meeting and interviewing an entrepreneur, business owner, or financial
professional to gather information. You should not wait until the due date to
prepare, as meetings may be difficult to arrange at short notice. If your work
schedule inhibits such preparation, you may conduct the interview by telephone
or via online/e-mail format.
Required Elements to include in
the Informational Interview Write Up:
Students are responsible for
developing questions that will garner the responses necessary to address the
key elements of the assignment.
Include all of the following
elements in your interview report:
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Provide a brief
description of the business which includes the business form the nature of the business, how many
years in business, and whether the business is local in nature, national, or
international in scope;
·
Why did the person
decide to go into business, and what was the biggest obstacle they had to
overcome in the early stages of the business;
·
Did the owner develop
a Business Plan before starting the business, why or why not;
·
Discuss what makes the
business unique and different from its competition and what is its value
proposition;
·
Does the company have
a clearly defined strategy, what do you believe it is;
·
Discuss the owners
marketing and sales strategy for gaining and maintaining new business
opportunities;
·
What core business
functions if any did the business decide to outsource and why;
·
Discuss the hiring
process and the core values that have been established for the organization;
·
Discuss the financial
management tools and metrics that the business owner depends on too manage
growth and profitability;
·
Discuss keys to
success, from the owner’s perspective;
·
What the person would
do differently if he/she had it to do all over again.
·
Critically assess the
current status of the business based on concepts presented in
class. What would you say is the future for this business? Would you
invest in this business? Why or why not?
·
Interview questions
must be included as an addendum to the assignment; however, these should not be
counted toward the length requirement of the paper.
Required Formatting of
Informational Interview Report:
·
This report should be
double spaced, 12-point font, and three to five pages in length excluding the
title page and reference page;
·
Title page;
·
Introductory paragraph
and a summary paragraph;
·
Use headings;
Write in the third person;
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