Scenario

Your manager was pleased with the work you did in your contract role, and as a result, you’ve been permanently hired! Nice job! The organization is known for investing in its employees by providing new employees with a well-rounded view of the company in their first year of employment. As a new employee, you’ll have the chance to select two functional areas within the company for which you would like to intern for three months each.

Preparation

For this assignment, you will:

• Revisit the company website you chose for the Week 4 assignment.
• Select two functional areas in which you would like to intern for in the company you chose. Also select an area that doesn’t align with your current skillset and would require you to grow your skills.
• Use the Week 6 Assignment Template [DOCX] to write a 3–4 page paper in which you explain the responsibilities and purposes of each of the two selected functional areas for internship as well as the area for skill growth.

By increasing your understanding of a corporation’s basic functional areas and what they do to support their organization, you will establish a base knowledge on which to build future skills. This assignment also allows you to consider where your current strengths potentially fit into the needs of an organization. In a later assignment, you’ll consider how those functional areas might interact to solve problems.

In preparation for your paper:

• Review your chosen company website to learn how these five traditional functional areas operate in that business. The Organizational Structures and Goals media can take you through the first few steps of exploring these areas and completing your assignment.
  • HR.
  • Sales and marketing.
  • Information technology.
  • Production and operations.
  • Finance and accounting.
• Review the QuickStart: Functional Areas of Business media to learn the responsibilities of the different functions and trends in business. Gather any additional background you need on the topic.

Instructions

Choose two of the five functional areas above to intern for during your first year as a new employee. Research the two functional areas to find out about the purpose of each and how it helps the company accomplish its strategic goals. Cite 3–5 resources in your paper and list them on the reference page. Using Week 6 Assignment Template [DOCX], write a 3–4 page double-spaced paper that includes the following:

• Title.
• Introduction. (1 paragraph.)
  • Describe your chosen company—use your imagination and explain your assumptions about this company.
  • Describe at least two of this company’s organizational goals. For example: all products sold meet Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval; or utilization of innovative technology and new patents is a priority.
  • Identify two functional areas where you would like to complete your internship sessions during your first year.
  • Identify one additional functional area where you feel you would need to gain additional skills to have a successful internship.
• Body.
  • Describe the purpose of functional area 1 and how it supports the organizational goals. (1–2 paragraphs.)
    • Describe the major responsibilities of the function and give examples of how it supports organizational goals.
    • Utilize examples found from your selected company.
  • Describe the purpose of functional area 2 and how it supports the organizational goals. (1–2 paragraphs.)
    • Describe the major responsibilities of the function and give examples of how it supports organizational goals.
    • Utilize examples found from your selected company.
  • Select one of the areas as your first choice for your internship. Explain why it is your first choice. (1 paragraph.)
    • Describe how the work in the functional area you selected aligns with your strengths as an employee and how you would be able to contribute to the success of the function and the company.
    • Give examples of how your work in this functional area could contribute to the organization’s overall business goals.
  • Identify and describe a functional area you feel does not align with your current skillset and explain why. (1 paragraph.)
    • Describe the skills required for the functional area and why you feel you are not a good fit.
    • Give examples of what skills you would need to gain to be better qualified.
• Conclusion.
  • Explain how the two functional areas you described will support the continued success of your chosen company.
  • Describe how you would be able to contribute to the success of the function that you selected to start your work.
  • Describe the functional area you selected that does not align with your skillset and why.
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The Capella UniversitIntroduction

[write 1–2 paragraphs for the introduction]

Functional area 1 (replace with the name of the actual functional area, such as Human Resources)

[write 1–2 paragraphs]

Functional area 2

[write 1–2 paragraphs]

First choice for internship (Example: Internship in Marketing)

[write 1–2 paragraphs]

Selected area for skill growth (Example: Grow Skills in Information Technology)

[write 1–2 paragraphs]

Conclusion

[write 1–2 paragraphs]

 

Referencesy Library is a great tool for your research to find sources. See the Business Research for Business Communication [Video] for a targeted introduction. The Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center guides you in properly citing your sources.

Review your paper using Academic Writer and Grammarly.