Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Romania

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Field: Business Administration
uidelines for interns!i" activities
2nd year of study
Code: BA 232
I# $%&ectives
1. Getting familiar with the business environment
2. Integration into a woring grou! within an organi"ation
3. #evelo!ing abilities for analy"ing and solving e$onomi$ !roblems within organi"ations
II# Interns!i" fields
BA internshi! must be fulfilled in a small%medium%large organi"ation. &ven if the intern is not dire$tly
involved in the a$tivities' he%she must a!!ly the $ontents of the BA related $ourses offered in the F&AA
!rogram.
An intern should be woring in one of the following areas for an a$$e!table internshi! in BA: (areting'
(anagement' )etail' *ur$hase' +)(' Finan$e' ,uality and *rodu$tion# -he internshi! fields $orres!ond
to the nowledge gathered by the Business Administration students in the se$ond year of study in the
following to!i$s:
(anagement
(areting
.rgani"ational behavior
Business $ommuni$ation and negotiation
/mall business develo!ment and management
Consumer behaviour
Finan$e
&$onometri$s
(oney and Baning
III# 'tudent duties
- -he internshi! !rogram $an tae !la$e in any ty!e of organi"ation.
- -he student will re$eive a $ertifi$ate from the organi"ation' mentioning the !eriod in whi$h the
internshi! !rogram too !la$e. -he $ertifi$ate will be in$luded in the internshi! re!ort.
- -he student will write an Internship report' whi$h will be 20 to 12 !ages long.
- -he re!ort will have the stru$ture !resented on !ages 2 and 3.
I(# Final evaluation
- $ontents of the re!ort 3 4056
- individual !resentation 3 305
(# $t!er information)
- -he internshi! !rogram will tae !la$e between 7une 18
th
and 8
th
7uly 2011 9three wees:.
- -he internshi! re!ort is an individual do$ument' based on the a$tivities that the student
!arti$i!ated in while at the host organi"ation.
- Eac! student must "resent an interns!i" a*reement to %e si*ned %y t!e University and t!e
!ost or*anization +see a*reement "osted on t!e "ortal, in t!e same section ,it! t!is
document-, in t,o co"ies, one for eac! side# .!e a*reement must %e si*ned %y t!e !ost
or*anization and turned in at t!e secretary/s office +room B012, 3
st
floor- %y 4une 15
t!
1530#
'tudents ,!o "erform t!e interns!i" at t!eir ,or6"lace ,ill "resent a letter certifyin* t!at
t!ey are em"loyed in t!e or*anization and t!at t!ey also "erform t!eir interns!i" activities#
- #uring the evaluation stage' re!orts with the same $ontents' identi$al !aragra!hs or those that are
ina!!ro!riate for an internshi! e;!erien$e will be re<e$ted.
- )e!orts will be e=mailed to ru;andra.$iulu>uai$.ro 9in .do$ or .!df format: on the day of the
individual !resentation the latest.
- Also' re!orts will be !rinted and submitted on the day of the individual !resentation 9date' time
and !la$e to be announ$ed on the !ortal:. -he individual !resentation aims at verifying the
s!e$ifi$ a$tivities that the student was involved in while at the host organi"ation.
'tructure of t!e interns!i" re"ort
First "a*e should dis!lay: /tudent name and surname' internshi! start and finish dates' number of
internshi! days' ty!e of internshi! 9(areting' (anagement' )etail' *ur$hase' +)(' Finan$e'
,uality and *rodu$tion:' $om!any%institution name. -his !age should be signed and stam!ed by
the su!ervisor of the intern student.
.a%le of Contents. Contents of the re!ort with !age numbers' list of tables' and list of figures.
7otivation, reasons of c!oice 9why the organi"ation was $hosen' how the internshi! !rogram
too !la$e' what !arti$ular $hallenges were en$ountered' how theoreti$al elements studied in $lass
are !ut into !ra$ti$e:
Brief Executive 'ummary of t!e Interns!i"# A one !age summary of the $om!any%institution
and a short a$$ount of the ma<or a$tivities $arried out during the internshi! !eriod.
3# 8resentation of t!e or*anization
?hat is the full title of the $om!any%institution@ Give a brief history of the $om!any' full
mailing address and relevant web lins.
?hat is the ty!e of ownershi! of the $om!any%institution@ /tate the main shareholders and
their shares.
?hat is the se$tor that the $om!any%institution o!erates in@ /!e$ify the !rodu$ts and
servi$es !rodu$ed and offered to its $ustomers.
?ho are regarded as the $ustomers of your internshi! $om!any%institution 9$onsider the end
users' retailers' other manufa$turers' em!loyees' et$.:@
*rovide an organi"ation $hart of the $om!any' along with information on the number of
em!loyees.
*rovide a list of fun$tions !erformed by the BA student in the internshi! organi"ation.
#es$ribe the management of the organi"ation: mission and ob<e$tives' values and $ulture' /?.-
analysis.
1# 8resent the evolution of the main e$onomi$ and finan$ial indi$ators 9total sales' in$ome' e;!enses'
!rofit' number of em!loyees and so on: during the !ast three years' using a!!ro!riate gra!hi$
re!resentations. -he ben$hmaring study is re$ommended.
9# 8resent t,o mana*erial issues t!at im"acted on t!e or*anizational "erformance and t!at are on
t!e ,ay of %ein* solved ,it!in t!e or*anization
&a$h of the two issues will be detailed as following:
#es$ribe of the !roblem and how it a!!eared 9its $orrelation with internal $hanges or with
the e;ternal environment:
?hat $aused this ind of !roblem@ &stimation of negative effe$ts
#es$ribe the ob<e$tives targeted by solving the !roblem 9/(A)-:
#es$ribe the a$tion !lan for solving the !roblem and the s$hedule for the !lan 9GAA--
gra!h:
#is$uss the effe$ts e;!e$ted after a!!lying the a$tion !lan' indi$ators and means of
evaluating % measuring them
*erform a $om!arison between theory 9things you have learned in the $lassroom: and
!ra$ti$e 9things you did or observed at the $om!any:.
/how some wor sam!les that you have en$ountered%$ondu$ted at the $om!any through
gra!hs' !i$tures' data' drawings' or design $al$ulations and in$lude them in your re!ort.
0# An assessment of t!e interns!i"
In this se$tion you should answer the following Buestions:
?hat sills and Bualifi$ations you thin that you have gained from the internshi!@
?hat ind of res!onsibilities you have undertaen during the internshi! !eriod@
+ow do you thin the internshi! will influen$e your future $areer !lans@
+ow do you thin the internshi! a$tivities that you $arried out are $orrelated with your
$lassroom nowledge@
2# Conclusions of t!e re"ort
-his se$tion should in$lude:
A summary of ey $on$lusions derived from the internshi! e;!erien$e.
General observations about the se$tor in whi$h your internshi! $om!any%institution o!erates
:# A""endices and su""lementary material 9$harts' gra!hs' !i$tures' $om!uter $odes' et$.:
;# References
Tutor of the internship program:
Ruxandra CIU<U
Ce$turer' *h#