The Discipline Investigation paper enables students to gain knowledge about the work they will be doing when they enter their careers, particularly how they will be using language. I am very keen on writing this paper, because it will enable me to find out how Management Information System professionals interact in a company on daily basis. My professor, classmates, and other faculty members on the LLD 100A portfolio group are my audiences for this paper. A discourse community is a group of people who share the same interest, career, or other commonality. Since I am majoring in Business Administration and concentrating in Management Information Systems (MIS), I am excited to join the MIS discourse community to develop my career. MIS professionals
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Paper, I met and interviewed Ankita Patel, who is currently a lead project manager at Robert W. Baird and Company. Doing this interview, I gained a lot of information about Mrs. Patel and how she fell in love with Information Systems. Mrs. Patel shared many of her experiences from the start and where she is now. She has gone through a lot in her life; she has achieved a tremendous amount to get where she is now. In this paper, I will discuss Mrs. Patel’s background and career, her roles and responsibilities, and how to be an effective communicator working in a real company. In conclusion, I will talk about what have I learned from the interview and how I can start preparing for my first entry-level …show more content…
For example, Mrs. Patel shared one of her project experiences with me that she had just completed. The company was trying to mature its business intelligence developer capabilities in the organization. It was Mrs. Patel 's responsibility to educate the non-technical leaders what business intelligence developer is and how it works. She taught them what a database was, what a technical sequence was, and how it happened. To explain this to the leaders, Mrs. Patel creates PowerPoint slides for the team to show them how the system works. As she told me about the difficulties of teaching non-technical leaders about technology, she stated that communication skills are crucial. I did some extra research on how to communicate ideas to non-technical people. “Talk about people and actions, not systems and code. Speak in terms the user will understand.” (TechRepublic) An employee that has no background in technology will not understand, so talk to them in general terms about what the system will accomplish for the project, not how it works. Speaking to the employee in their primary language will help them understand the system and the processes related to
Paper, I met and interviewed Ankita Patel, who is currently a lead project manager at Robert W. Baird and Company. Doing this interview, I gained a lot of information about Mrs. Patel and how she fell in love with Information Systems. Mrs. Patel shared many of her experiences from the start and where she is now. She has gone through a lot in her life; she has achieved a tremendous amount to get where she is now. In this paper, I will discuss Mrs. Patel’s background and career, her roles and responsibilities, and how to be an effective communicator working in a real company. In conclusion, I will talk about what have I learned from the interview and how I can start preparing for my first entry-level …show more content…
For example, Mrs. Patel shared one of her project experiences with me that she had just completed. The company was trying to mature its business intelligence developer capabilities in the organization. It was Mrs. Patel 's responsibility to educate the non-technical leaders what business intelligence developer is and how it works. She taught them what a database was, what a technical sequence was, and how it happened. To explain this to the leaders, Mrs. Patel creates PowerPoint slides for the team to show them how the system works. As she told me about the difficulties of teaching non-technical leaders about technology, she stated that communication skills are crucial. I did some extra research on how to communicate ideas to non-technical people. “Talk about people and actions, not systems and code. Speak in terms the user will understand.” (TechRepublic) An employee that has no background in technology will not understand, so talk to them in general terms about what the system will accomplish for the project, not how it works. Speaking to the employee in their primary language will help them understand the system and the processes related to