MGT 430 Saudi Electronic University Internship Report

Academic Report Guideline(Co-op)

The purpose of the Internship Report is offer students to describe their accomplishments and demonstrate what they learned through participation at Saudi Electronic University. The report should be submitted within two weeks after you finish your Co-op training Program. In addition, the report should be approximately 3000 – 4000, single –spaced and consider taking the followingformat

1.FirstPage

First page should display student’s full name, internship start and finish dates, working hours per week, company/institution name.

This page should be signed by the work and university supervisor off the intern student.

Cover pager form

Internship Report

2.A Brief Executive Summary of theInternship

A one-page summary of the company/institution and a short account of the major activities carried out during the internship period.

3.Table ofContents

Contents of the report with page numbers, list of tables, and list of figures.

4.Description of thecompany

This section should answer the following questions:

• What is the full title of the company/institution? Give a brief history of the company, full mailing address and relevant weblinks
• What is the type of ownership of the company/institution? State the main shareholders and theirshares.
• What is the sector that the company/institution operates in? Specify the products and services produced and offered to itscustomers/clients.
• Who are regarded as the customers/clients of your internship company (consider the end users, retailers, other manufacturers, employees,etc.)?
• Provide an organization chart of the company, along with information on the number of employees.
• Provide a list of functions performed by different departments/divisions in the internship organization.
• Describe your working conditions and functions, such as: Who is your supervisor (include his/her name and his/her position); other team members or co-workers and what their functions are to complementyours.
• Provide an organization chart of the internshiporganization.
• Provide the department or division layout of the internshiporganization.
• Provide an overview off the production system or service procedure (what are the resources, inputs, outcomes, andconstraints?)
• Provide a process chart of a major product and/orservice.
• What kind of accounting/finance/IT//quality/marketing standards and principles are used in theorganization?
• Discuss telecommunication technologies (Database, Instant Messenger, Networking, Ecommerce tools) used in thecompany.
• Describe the quality planning and control activities in the internshiporganization.
• Describe the quality control activities throughout the life cycle of the product/servicegroups.
• What kind of financial analysis and decision-making methods are used by corporatetreasurers and financial managers in the internshiporganization?
• What kinds of incentives are used in order to create more effective and efficientorganization?
• What types of marketing, selling, and human resources analysis are performed (cost system, evaluation of consumers, needs, product strategy, distribution strategy, promotional strategy)?
• Describe what kind of working documents and analysis you did there and what experiences you have gained throughout yourtraining.
• Show some work samples that you have encountered/conducted at the company through graphs, pictures, data, drawings, or design calculations and include them in your report.
• What skills and qualifications you think that you have gained from theinternship?
• What kind of responsibilities you have undertaken during the internshipperiod?
• How do you think the internship will influence your future careerplans?
• How do you think the internship activities that you carried out are correlated with your Classroomknowledge?
• A summary of key conclusions derived from the internshipexperience.
• General observations about the sector in which your internship company/institutionoperates
• You do not have to provide a day-to-day diary of the internshipactivities.
• Do not write theoretical excerpts from textbooks! Describe what you exactly did there and what experiences you have gained throughout yourtraining.
• The internship report should be between 3000 – 4000words.
• The internship report should be original. Plagiarism will result in failure in the course and disciplinaryaction.
• You can include graphs, pictures, data, drawings, or design calculations in your report; however, they should not cover more than 1/3 of the page. Larger graphs, pictures, data, drawings, or design calculations should be given as anAppendix.

5.Internshipactivities

This is the main body of your report. During the internship period, an intern may focus on the following types of analysis and questions. You do not have to answer all the questions in the list:

•A comparison between theory (things you have learned in the classroom) and practice (things you did or observed at the company) must be made and highlighted.

6.An assessment of theinternship

in this section you should answer the following questions:

7.Conclusions of thereport

This section should include:

8.Appendices and supplementary material (charts, graphs, pictures,etc.)

• References

Rules for writing the internship report: