Interview someone you know who is in a management role. This can be at your current place of employment or someone that you know personally who works in a managerial role.

Prepare a 700-word discussion of the interview including the following:

• Discuss what you discovered about contingency planning.
• Discuss how creativity and critical thinking relate to contingency planning.
• Explain how you might integrate creativity into your own planning process.
• Discuss what you learned about creativity and its relationship to the decision-making process.
• Identify the key steps that might require a contingency plan.

Planning Process
Interview Questions

Interviewee Name:
_____________________

· 
How do you
use the decision-making in your role as a manager?

· 
What role
does contingency planning play in your role as a manager?  How do you apply critical thinking to
contingency planning?

· 
What
roadblocks do you encounter when trying to apply creativity to your decision-making
process?

· 
Are any
business settings more in need of contingency planning than others?  If so, why might they require contingency
planning?

· 
What parts
of planning are most likely to require a back-up play?  Why?

· 
What additional information do
you think a future manager should know about decision-making, contingency
planning, and critical thinking?