Shadowing At Work Case Study

You are in your third year as an accountant with McCarver-Lynn Industries, a multidivisional company involved manufacturing, marketing, and sales of surgical prosthetic devices. After the fiscal year-end, you are working with the controller of the firm to prepare supplemental business segment disclosures. Yesterday you presented her with the following summary information:

I will never forget my first shadowing experience when I accompanied Dr. Allam through the process of a quadruple bypass procedure. Before surgery, Dr. Allam explained to me the anatomy of his patient's chest x-ray and the method he would use to alleviate the patient's vascular blockage. It was captivating to learn about and subsequently observe a medical application which was fundamentally based upon the anatomy and physiology I enjoyed learning about in class. There was great camaraderie amongst Dr. Allam's surgical team members that I found motivational as someone who enjoys and thrives on the spirit of team effort. Upon completion of the procedure, I accompanied Dr. Allam to inform his patient's family of the operation's success. Witnessing

Experience: When I first arrived Noah was just starting to work with a guy dealing with lower back pain. Noah decided after some exercises to hook him up to a lumbar traction machine. Unlike the cervical one I’d seen before, this machine pretty much worked the opposite way. The person was hooked up so there upper body was firmly fastened, and then the machine would slowly pull on their pelvic area and stretch/release the lower vertebrae. We then met a young woman who was having some knee pain. Noah explained beforehand that she’d been injured on the job and had recently had knee surgery so it was perfectly possible that she’d torn her meniscus again. We went through very basic movement tests with her to see where her pain was. Noah provided

I did my job shadowing on the Monday of fall break at the Semmes Murphey place with Marilyn Newson. I learned so much more about this new side of nursing I did not know that even existed. Marilyn job title is an infusion nurse manager where she gives medicine and fluids to patients through injections. She is the only one with this job title in the clinic so she is a manger as well. When I first entered the room I noticed that it was set up just like a dialysis place would be the recliner chairs and IV backs to the side and TV playing.

I’ve never second-guessed what I want to do in life. In fact, I can’t remember a time that my dream job was not to go into Sports Broadcasting. As I wake up Saturday mornings to ESPN blasted on every TV in the household, I see many women on the fields talking, interviewing, and enjoying all that I want to be. This is aspriring to me.

This summer, when I was in Zambia doing research, I had the opportunity to shadow at one of the best hospitals in Southern Africa, the University Teaching Hospital. The hospital itself was large, relatively modern, and similar in some ways to hospitals I have seen in the US. However, there were some large disparities I saw in the hospital which shocked me. Firstly, the hospital had a “high cost” and a “low cost” wing which were vastly different in terms of amenities, privacy, and care. The low cost maternity ward, for example, had one room with about 30 beds where women were giving birth, while the high cost ward had about 2-3 women per room. The way the women were treated by medical professionals themselves varied vastly between each

Throughout my years attending UW-Madison, I have come to realize that I do not want to pursue a career as an employee for my life’s goal. For much of my adolescent years I watched my father build his own accounting business from the ground up which has been very formative in my career goals. The freedom and flexibility of time that my father’s self-employment has given our family is something that I hope to emulate one day for my own family with the help of the Certificate in Business.

Experience: My first time shadowing at Northern Star was amazing. Steve started off by giving me a brief tour of the place. The facility isn’t all that large, but it was nice to get my bearings and really see what all I have to work with so I could be of use if need be. The place was basically divided into some small private patient rooms, the fitness area, some storage areas, and office space. The first patient we got to work with was a guy who was dealing with some foot pain that was traveling up his body and causing other complications. Steve was fairly certain that it was due to the arch support he had after having him do a few stretches and watching him walk. We baked him some new arch supports and sent him on his way. The next person that came in was an older gentleman looking for help with

This job shadow was one of my most challenging, yet most enjoyable assignments this semester. There were parts that surprised me, and parts that inspired me, but overall this was one of my favorite assignments ever. This assignment was difficult for me since I am usually a very introverted person, and this task pushed me to come out of my shell a little more than I normally feel comfortable with. I was compelled to take initiative in conversations in order to obtain the information I needed which was very difficult for me. At the same time, it was also very entertaining for me as I could examine how an architect thinks through, and designs buildings and other structures right in front of my eyes. Going into this assignment, I expected it was

When entering the Kelley School of Business two years ago, I was unsure which path in business I was interested in pursuing. The Kelley School offered a myriad of career options to pursue, and I was only a freshman coming from a school in Northwest Indiana with little prior experience in the area of business. I had chosen to attend Kelley based on my mathematical abilities and interpersonal communication skills, two skills perfectly matched to the area of finance and accounting. After spending two years learning multiple areas of business, I realized I had made the right decision when I fell in love with my accounting and data analytics courses. I thoroughly enjoyed learning the material in these classes, and the experiences I have received

Walking by a sixth grade class at Floyd Elementary School, FES, I see a class full of students learning and growing, and I know I want to be a part of that. I want to go to work everyday to change children’s lives for the better, which is something I’ve wanted to do my whole life. That is why I am asking you for the opportunity to job shadow one of your FES teachers every day for a full school week in order to see what teaching is really like. As you know, deciding what I want my career to be is a crucial step in planning my future. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in exploring my choices.

I am very excited to apply for a Co-op position with Manning Elliott this summer. I knew I wanted to become an accountant in my senior year of high school. I attended a guest lecture from a CPA for my accounting 11 course to learn more about the career path. That lecture taught me a very important lesson: that accountants are not boring number crunchers. Accounting is actually a dynamic career that allows a person to continuously grow and develop. They work in teams and have excellent personable skills. I have been a numbers person from the start, but the logic, analysis and application of concepts is what attracted me to this profession.

My name is Sanica Huang. I am a student at Midwestern State University who is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting. My expected graduation date is May 2019 or May 2020 depending on the schedule of classes. I did a career interview with someone who works in the accounting field at a bank. The person I interviewed is Stephanie Owens, who is working at the First National Bank in Wichita Falls, Texas, as a certified public accountant (CPA). She is also the senior vice president of the bank. I interviewed this person for three reasons. One reason is

Jayne has over 27 years of experience in the accounting industry, including public accounting and helping with public and private businesses. She has worked with manufacturing, distribution, contracting, service and business consulting. She has also held many executive positions and with her experience, the author knew she would have valuable knowledge of the accounting industry. She is also an alumnus of Concordia University Wisconsin (McQuillan, J., personal interview, April 6, 2017). The second interview was with David Behnke, the CFO of Dowco, Inc. in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. David also has been in roles throughout the industry including the public sector and in manufacturing. The author was mostly interested in his role as a CFO, as he has held it for many years, and receiving a fuller job description for the typical CFO (Behnke, D., personal interview, April 13, 2017).

In this business memorandum, I will be discussing John Biggs, an accounting major that is in his last year at Pacific West State University. The memorandum will discuss the different types of commitments within society and their consequences, the choice of John’s actions, Dr. Henson’s actions, and the impact this left on Tim Wilson as an employer