Automotive Professional Practice

Approaching Businesses    This week my study partner and I approached a couple of businesses, one which was not keen on the idea and one which had no hesitation to oblige. The business we will be observing is GT Re-finishers which is a custom auto body and paint shop. The reason we chose this business is because we have dealt with them before and they work with a lot of cars that really peak our interest. Though it is not a performance or engine building business like we first hoped for, I am still excited to do our observations because it is a side of the automotive industry that I haven't seen much of nor had experience in and this will be a good opportunity to see what it's like. Though our main focus is on the operations of the business, I think we will still be able to ask questions about their trade and gain some knowledge of it as they have quite a laid back approach.     GT Re-finishers are based in Penrose, Auckland, and the work carried out at t...

Course Introduction We were introduced to the course and what is required to achieve it. I think this course will be a great learning experience for me as I hope to own my own business in future. This course will teach me a lot about the internal operations of a business and what differentiates a successful business from a non-successful one. It will also help with my communication, negotiation, and networking skills as I will have to approach businesses with my study partner to ask them if we can use their business for our analysis.  My study partner and I are hoping to find an engine builders or performance shop to do our analysis. Our reasoning behind this is that these sectors of the industry are where we both hope to work after our degrees and feel that seeing how that type of business operates will help our careers. I also hope to own some sort of performance shop in the future as well and this course will give me a big insight into weather it is a highly profitable busin...