INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE IS TO DISCUSS WITH A BUSINESS MANAGER OR OWNER THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMY ON HIS/HER BUSINESS.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1. HOW DOES THE ECONOMY EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
2. HOW DO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
3. IS YOUR BUSINESS EFFECTED BY RECESSIONS OR PERIODS OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY?
4. HOW HAVE CHANGES IN THE STOCK AND BOND MARKET EFFECTED YOUR BUSINESS.?
5. DOES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OR TAXES EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
6. HOW DOES CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
7. HOW DOES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
8. IF INFLATION RETURNED, HOW WOULD IT EFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?
9. HAS YOUR BUSINESS BEEN EFFECTED BY LABOR SHORTAGES?
10. HAS YOUR BUSINESS BEEN EFFECTED BY STATE OR LOCAL TAXES AND/OR REGULATION?
You will need to customize these questions to make them relevant for the person you are interviewing. Please also add questions that may be relevant for that business. For example, if you are interviewing the manager of Merrill Lynch, a stockbroker, then questions about currencies and interest rates my be relevant. If you are interviewing the manager of a HMO then those questions would not be relevant.
The Interview Report should be written form - about three pages in length. Each student should be prepared to present the report to class - in a verbal format.