The Final Journal
Please complete and return this form to the Externship Office at the end of your placement.

This is a more structured report which will prompt you to reflect on specific issues. You will be responding to questions relating to: * employee integration * teamwork * managerial style * corporate culture * organizational challenges/issues * personal growth

This report should take no more than 3 hours to complete. Feel free to hand-write it in the spaces provided alongside each question.

1. In this industry plagued with high labour turnover, employee integration is an important employer capability. Please list three manners in which the management team has tried to connect with employees in an effort to make them feel comfortable in the workplace and comment on the effectiveness of these strategies.

2. It is often stated that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. Successful team-building, then, can provide a significant competitive advantage. Comment on the steps taken to foster teamwork and your organization’s success with this initiative.

3.
By now you probably have been exposed to the styles and habits of a multitude of shift leaders, supervisors, and managers. Some of these individuals are likely to be considered more capable than others. List 5 characteristics that contribute to the effectiveness of a “boss”.

4. Managers are often rated on their task-orientation and on their relationship-orientation. Describe the manner in which your manager balanced these approaches and comment on the effectiveness of this managerial style.

5. Corporate culture is often referred to as “the way we do things around here”. Please describe the corporate culture that exists in your workplace and comment on how it is maintained among existing employees and perpetuated through