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Working in a small firm
Flash Communications, the firm, where I did my internship is a small company of communication and modelling agency. It started off as a modelling company which then diversified into a communication and events firm. At the management level, there are two people; the Manager and the Communication executive who employ a graphic designer, photographer and the models who work on a part-time basis. The structure of the company is still very inter-related as the communication department has just started operating. Hence, an office of only two full-time employees and an intern is of no doubt a simple and small company. The manager and the executive are the decision makers and hence, everything goes through them. As a matter of fact, all my work, after being processed, went through them. This aspect has both its positive and negative sides.
The good side of it is that there were less or next to no mistakes after counter checking. This made the work more precise and analysed. The decisions, hence, is taken by the managing partners and sent to the channel of distribution accordingly. This lessened the chance of an intern being accused of lack of focus or possible mishaps. The fact that they took liability for every tasks took me to a safe side of the road.
Flash Communications, the firm, where I did my internship is a small company of communication and modelling agency. It started off as a modelling company which then diversified into a communication and events firm. At the management level, there are two people; the Manager and the Communication executive who employ a graphic designer, photographer and the models who work on a part-time basis. The structure of the company is still very inter-related as the communication department has just started operating. Hence, an office of only two full-time employees and an intern is of no doubt a simple and small company. The manager and the executive are the decision makers and hence, everything goes through them. As a matter of fact, all my work, after being processed, went through them. This aspect has both its positive and negative sides.
The good side of it is that there were less or next to no mistakes after counter checking. This made the work more precise and analysed. The decisions, hence, is taken by the managing partners and sent to the channel of distribution accordingly. This lessened the chance of an intern being accused of lack of focus or possible mishaps. The fact that they took liability for every tasks took me to a safe side of the road.
However, the same process slows down all
transactions and created many situations of inefficiency as there was
redundancy. The lack of efficiency caused delay in processing and as they say
that too many chef spoil the broth, it would cause much controversy and
conflicts. The disadvantage was, therefore, lack of effective managerial
practice and lack of conflict management. Though the conflict would not last
for long, the hierarchy dictates that the manager has the last word, there was
not much space for effective discussion and openness to novelty.
Conclusively, the idea of working in a small firm can be sounding safe and well guided but does not empower the interns to take their own decisions freely.
