Interviewing Manager Discussion Paper
Find an individual who serves on a Board of Directors or a Board of Trustees (a non- profit) and interview this person about board membership. Try to learn the answers to the following questions:
- How he or she was selected?
- Did he or she know someone on the board?
- Does he or she have a particular expertise that the Board needed (lawyer, accountant, civil engineer, etc.)
- Does he or she know how future Board members are selected?
- How are members of this Board, diverse or not diverse?
If this is a for- profit corporation, What is his or she compensation for serving as a Board member? If this is a non- profit Board, What are the expectations for financial contributions? Has recruiting diverse members to the Board been an initiative?
- What types of diversity did the Board seek? If so, how was this done and was it successful? Why or Why not?
- If there are diverse members, do they participate fully in Board discussions?
- Remembering that this is only one individual’s perception and that his or her position may have some bias,
- Analyze the material from this interview and write a three- to five- page APA formatted essay that evaluates this Board from the perspective of diversity. b. Answer the following questions:
- If the Board is diverse now, how does the board diversity link to the organization’s mission and the business case for diversity?
Or, if this Board is not diverse, how could a more diverse board potentially improve the link between the company’s mission and the business case for diversity?
- Conclusion (every paper should end with a strong conclusion or summary)