Summer internships: An important career stepping stone

Summer internship
A summer internship is an integral part of the MBA program. It provides opportunity to integrate career related experience into a professional education by participating in planned, supervised work.

OBJECTIVES
Application of knowledge and techniques learnt in the

first year to real business problems and to test out and enrich ones understanding, knowledge and skills. Gives an insight into the working of the real organizations. Helps in exploring career opportunities in their areas of interest. Builds upon the relationship between institution and organization that helps in the final placements. Give the students the chance to evaluate, reflect upon and try a career field. Provide valuable experience that helps secure future employment. Make classroom learning more interesting.

Which stream suits me?

Finance, Human resource mgmt, Marketing, Information technology, International business

THE PROCESS
Obtain summer training confirmation letter Report to the company supervisor and his name, address and e-mail send to your faculty guide Obtain the information about company ,its background , policies , procedures, functional areas

Start your training under the guidance of company supervisor

Maintain a log book to record your daily activities and all relevant information related to task allotted

Give your progress report at least fortnightly to your faculty guide

Prepare a project report under the guidance of faculty supervisor

DOS
Always be Punctual.
Always maintain formal dress code. Always be polite in dealings and maintain cordial

relationship with the people in organization. Always be positive and open to suggestions Get an overview of the Company/Industry in which you are placed. This includes understanding the core business of the company, its product , key personnel in the company, manufacturing units, marketing channels, financial policies

DOS (CONT)
Understanding the work culture of the organization

Obeying direct orders from the seniors.

Showing a sense of belonging with the organization. Maintaining proper Line and Staff Relationship with the seniors and subordinates (If Any). Focus on assignment, and complete the individual tasks allotted on schedule.

Consult Faculty Guide as well as refer text books to reinforce relevant concepts.

DON'TS
Do not take the training lightly and casually.

Do not give an impression that you are doing the training just for the sake of it. Put your heart and soul.
Do not involve in internal politics.

Do not reveal your weaknesses.

Do not lie to your seniors. Do not waste your time. Do not copy any material. Be original. Do not Criticize the company policies and/or Company Executives.

Preparation of Project REPORT

The overall objective of project work is to experience the way in which organizations function in a given environment. It helps: To Understand the industry in which the organizations operate. To understand particular functional area such as Marketing, Finance, HR etc. and Apply knowledge of research methodology to analyze the problems or issues faced by organizations.

REPORT STRUCTURE
Cover and Title page. Companys Certificate of Completion of Project Certificate by the head of the institute . Acknowledgement. Declaration given by the student. Executive Summary . Table of contents

COVER PAGE
SUMMER PROJECT REPORT
On

TOPIC
prepared for and presented to

NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ORGANISATION GUIDE INSTITUTIONAL GUIDE

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM GAUTAM BUDDHA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
BY

STUDENT NAME AND ROLL NO. COLLEGE LOGO

COLLEGE NAME

GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Acknowledgement page is provided in a report to thank all the members who have supported and guided in completion of the report. The summer training report should contain acknowledgements to the following :
Industry guide Faculty guide The Head of the Institution

The head of Management of the Organization in which training

was taken up. Any one who supported you during the training and preparation of report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and supported me

during the writing of this project. My deepest thanks to [LECTURER NAME]

the Guide of the project for guiding and correcting various documents of mine with attention and care. He has taken pain to go through the project and make necessary correction as and when needed. I express my thanks to the Principal

of, [COLLEGE NAME & PLACE], for extending his support. My deep sense
of gratitude to [SUPERWISER NAME] (DESIGNATION),[COMPANY NAME WHERE THE PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN] support and guidance. Thanks and appreciation to the helpful people at [COMPANY NAME WHERE

THE PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN], for their support. I would also thank
my Institution and my faculty members without whom this project would have been a distant reality. I also extend my heartfelt thanks to my family and well wishers.

DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the project work entitled [PROJECT TITLE]
submitted to the [COLLEGE NAME], is a record of an original work done by me under the guidance of [RESPECTIVE NAMES of

COMPANY GUIDE AND FACULTY GUIDE] and this project work

has not performed the basis for the award of any Degree or diploma and similar project if any.
[YOUR NAME] [ENROLMENT NO]

Table of contents
Company profile

Objective of study.
Introduction of topic. Research methodology Data Analysis and interpretation. Results and Findings Suggestion/ Recommendations Conclusions Limitation of study. Appendix/ Annexure Bibliography

INTRODUCTION
Introduction of the organization.

a) Aim & Establishment of the company

When was it established and by whom? Vision, mission, goals, aims and the policies developed. Its position/stage in the life cycle. Types of services/products given/produced. Organizational chart showing the different departments. One paragraph about each of the departments explaining their functions within the company.

b) Departments of the Company

Objective of the study. Introduction of topic.

Research METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN
Research design is the strategy, the plan, and the structure of conducting a research project. Research design is considered as a "blueprint" for research, dealing with at least following problems: Which questions to study? Which data are relevant? What data to collect? How to analyze the results?

SAMPLE DESIGN
Type of universe Sample frame (source list) Sample Size. Period and place of study Type of sampling:
Simple Random Sampling, Systematic

Sampling, Stratified Sampling, Convenience Sampling, Judgmental Sampling etc. Types of data (Primary and Secondary data).

METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

Some commonly used method. Primary data collection methods : Questionnaires. Interviews . Observation. Secondary data collection methods: Print journals. Annual reports of companies. Magazines and periodicals. Government publications

Characteristics Of good QUESTIONNAIRE

Keep the questions short, simple and to the point; avoid all unnecessary

words. Ask questions that the respondent can answer. Hypothetical questions should be avoided. Avoid calculations and questions that require a lot of memory work, for example, How many people stayed in your hotel last year? Vacuous words or phrases should be avoided. Generally, usually, or normally are imprecise terms with various meanings. They should be replaced with quantitative statements State units required but do not aim for too high degree of accuracy. For instance, use an interval rather than an exact figure: How much did you earn last year? Less than Rs 1,00,000 [ ] , Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 2,00,000 [ ] Avoid questions of personal character or related to personal wealth. Questions should be proceeded in a logical sequence from easy to difficult.

Tools and techniques of ANALYSIS OF DATA

Appropriate selection of statistical tools (parametric and non-parametric) depends on the research design and sample size. Data analysis must be supported by relevant tables, charts, graphs etc.

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA

LINE CHART

BAR CHART

PIE CHART

STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR DATA ANALYSIS

Mean Standard deviation Time series analysis Correlation Linear regression T-test Analysis of variance (ANOVA) Chi-square test , etc..

NEXT
Findings .

Suggestion/ Recommendation.
Conclusions

Limitations.

APPENDICES
Appendices

are provided to give supplementary information , which if included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme. Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix I, Appendix II, etc. Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters. Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made in the contents page also.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books: Author (S) e.g. If Author name is Stephen Robbins, then it will be written as Robbins Stephen. Title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date (year) of publication, Number of pages referred from ------- to -------. Magazine & Journals/ Newspaper Author(S), Title, Publisher, Volume Number, Serial no., Place of Publication, Date of issue, Page number. Internet: Name of the site, Article Name, Name of the Author, date of the site visited.

E.G..
BOOK Pandey I.M: "Financial Management" Seventh Edition, Vikas Puhlishing House (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India. . (1995) , pg 75- 80
Journal Basu S.N. : "WorkingCapital Management - Tyre Companies", The ManagementAccountant, Vol. 27, No.5,. Calcutta, 1992 ,P. 332.

GBTU GUIDELINES
The cover page must be hard bound in Navy Blue Color with Gold Embossing. Typing instructions: Paper size : A4. Average size of Report:100 to 150 pages. Font Size: 12(Times new roman). Heading: 14(Times new roman, Bold). Spacing: Double. Margins : Left = 1.5 inch, Right = 1 inch Three neatly typed copies of the report should be prepared by the student.

Companies are not just looking

for interns, but for potential

full-time hires. So, you need to convince them that you're a good fit, not for two months, but for years and years,

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