General Internship Guidelines

for
Internship Report

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 Meaning
The position of a student or trainee who works
in an organization, sometimes without pay, in
order to gain work experience or satisfy
requirements for a qualification.

A period of training spent in a hospital by a

young doctor in order to finish their medical
qualification

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 Types of Report

1. Internship Research Report

2. Internship Affiliation Report

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 Internship Research Report

What is Research?
Research is an unusually stubborn and
persisting effort to think straight which
involves the gathering and intelligent use of
relevant data (Hamlin, Burnett)

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 The Internship Final Research Report Format

Cover Page (see the standard format)

Title Page (see the standard format)
Letter of Transmittal (this letter contains the information about the
submission of the Final Report to the Center of Business Administration)
Letter of Endorsements by the Supervisor
Acknowledgment (Page no. in Roman Form; ex. I, II / i, ii)
(Expression of thanks to the people, to the company and others who have
made invaluable contribution to the completion of this report.)
Executive Summary (Not more than 500 words)
(Page no. in Roman Form; ex. I, II / i, ii)
(This is the recap of the report or study highlighting the
important and significant features of the study )
Table of Contents

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 Body of the Report
Chapter-1
Introduction (within 1-2 pages)
Statement of the Problems (see proposal
format)
Rationale of the Study (Why are you
interested?)
Objectives of the Report/Study (see
proposal format)
Scope of the Study (The Report covers
what)
Limitation of the Study

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 Review of Related Literature
• Books
• Reports
• Journals
• Studies
• (Describe the relationship of each of these
documents to your study. Why did you use or
cite them in your study? Avoid cut and paste.)

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Analysis and Interpretation of
the Data / Observations
The sequence of the analysis
should be made based on the
Statement of the Problems or
Objectives of the study.

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 Findings of Study

This must be in accordance with

the specific objectives.

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 Conclusions
• These are specific and direct
answers to the questions in the
statement of the problems or
objectives of the study

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 Suggestions
These are your suggestions based on the
findings of the study for improvement or
sustainability of the organization, strengthening
of the systems and procedures, possible
revision of policies, and other relevant
suggestions.
All suggestions must be based on the study
and not just personal perception, hypothetical
or arbitrary

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 References

I. APA (American Psychological Association) is

used by Education, Psychology, and
Sciences.
II. MLA (Modern Language Association) style is
used by the Humanities.
III. Chicago/Turabian style is generally used by
Business, History, and the Fine Arts.

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Chicago, Turabian

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 Author/Date Style
A book
An article in a print journal
An article in an electronic journal
A website
(Source: Official Chicago Manual website)
In-text Citation
(Pollan 2006, 99–100)
(Weinstein 2009, 440)
(Kossinets and Watts 2009, 411)
(Google 2009)
Bibliography
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The
Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural
History of Four Meals. New York:
Penguin.
Weinstein, Joshua I. 2009. “The
Market in Plato’s Republic.”
Classical Philology 104:439–58.
Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J.
Watts. 2009. “Origins of Homophily
in an Evolving Social Network.”
American Journal of Sociology
115:405–50. Accessed February 28,
2010. doi:10.1086/599247.
Google. 2009. “Google Privacy
Policy.” Last modified March 11.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/priva
cypolicy.html.
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Appendix (Examples)
Questionnaire
Letters to the
Company/Respondents
CV (not more than 2 pages)

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 Format of Internship Affiliation
Report
• TITLE OF THE REPORT
• INTRODUCTION (1-2 pages)
• Rationale (Why are you interested to undertake this
report? What is the importance of this report?)
• Background (Description of the
Organization/Company- not more than 2-3 pages)
• Objectives (What are your objectives/purposes you
intend to attain or achieve in this report? Ex. To
describe the various practices of the company in
dealing with the clients; to find out how issues and
problems are resolved by the management; etc.)
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ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN (Narrative
discussion of the activities
undertaken in relation to the report.
These activities can be focused on
the assigned task by the
organization or any interest about
the whole organization.)
Work-Related
Organization-wide
Other relevant activities
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 Task to be done
Maintain a diary
Write date, tasks undertaken, and take
signature from the supervisor of the
Organization
Maintain an Interactive schedule with
your supervisor of CUCBA
Name of the supervisor:
Date : Signature of the supervisor: Your Signature
(At least five interactive sessions are needed and submit
it to the office of the CUCAB during submitting the
Report)
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 – CONSTRAINTS/CHALLENGES AND PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION FOR
IMPROVEMENT
(Issues and Problems encountered and identified during the internship affiliation
with the organization/company.)

1. Identified/Observed in the Organization

2. Academic Preparation (Mismatch between assigned
tasks and other operational functions of the
organization with your academic preparation/major.
Relevance of the academic preparation /major to the
present assignment and future job requirements of
the organization)
3. Any missing knowledge and skills that need to be
learned in the university which are relevant to the
company or to oneself as future professional.

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– LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (These are the
valuable lessons/knowledge /skills/behavior/practices you have learned
or acquired from your internship.)

1. Implications to Organization/Company
Based Affiliation
2. Implications to University’s Internship
Program
3. Others (SWOT)

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CONCLUDING STATEMENTS
1. Recapitulation /Summary
2. Recommendations for Future
Strategic Actions (Over-all
Internship Program: Affiliation
and University)

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SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
OR COURSE OF ACTION
Mention specific suggestions to address the
problems identified or observed during the
affiliation. You may refer to Part IV on
Constraints…)

References

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