The problem: Global Sensor Systems (GSS) is a 45 year old start-up. Family owned and operated, was left neglected for 30 years and run entirely by a single person. That person has retired, and the owner and his daughter (me!) have jumped back in to rejuvenate the company. But we have a lot of catching up to do: innovate our product, grow our team, design departments and processes, get online!

I have hired 3 people, so our team has already grown. But I want to learn how to manage them.

The solution: My dad is a serial entrepreneur with TONS of success, but no theory or background in how to manage a team. I am stepping into that leadership role, but my background is in outdoor adventure leadership and not corporate office leadership. I want to learn how to manage a team so that we can continue to run and grow our business.

The outcome: Advise me on our company's strengths and areas of improvement. What can I do better?

Activities:

• Explore themes in organizations such as employee relations, retention, and turnover
• Promote analytical and critical thinking skills to help manage an organization
• Encourage application of course concepts to real-world organizations
• Develop interpersonal abilities to work in a team
• Conduct secondary research focused on the organization's competitors, demographics, and key characteristics of the industry in which the organization belongs (e.g., business trends, best practices, key players, etc.)

Staff time:
Director of Marketing (Caroline)- 1 day a week, 9-5 email, phone, zoom, text.

Access to tools: I don't think we have any tools that would help- however we use Shopify to host our website and Hubspot for our CRM

Tech/ Data.: Any data we have on competitors, statistics, product details, market research, is available when requested

We hope to communicate with the students regularly!