Monday, September 1, 2014

CEO For a Day

If I were the CEO for the NCSA, I would first try to change the structure of the organization; namely, to add more structure to the organization. There needs to be more interaction between all of the employees in person, not just by phone or email. One workspace and designated meeting dates/times would get the job done. Check-ups by the bosses every other day when working remotely would help the flow of information and keep the work moving forward. I've been very confused as to what exactly what my job description was, and more interaction with my boss would allow me to clear that confusion. Additionally, I think the company has plans to move too slowly while trying to expand their reach. As of now, only 4 schools are planned to be a part of the NCSA's reach within the next year or 2, and it won't reach the midwest for 3 more years, and the west for at least 4. Who knows what the state of phone apps is going to be in 5 years? Also, if the NCSA's idea doesn't catch on fast, it would be hard to convince schools in 4 years that the idea is still profitable. Lastly, I think the advertising could be done better. As of now, the company has a small facebook page, twitter feed, and instagram with very few followers. The NCSA should try to partner with bigger groups to advertise their app. Overall, I just feel like the entire company is moving very slowly and expecting too much success without having much structure within the company. If the company took just a month to set up their structure, then they could move much more quickly and efficiently to hit their goals.

2 comments:

  1. Your comment that "there needs to be more interaction between all of the employees" seems to be a common belief among other interns! At my company, most of the full time employees interacted a lot, but there was no system or activities to get the interns to interact with one another. I would have appreciated that.

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  2. In any organization you need to have in person interactions to build personal relationships and get more direct information from the other individual guiding you.

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