Intrnship Report Guidlines
INTERNSHIP REPORT GUIDELINES
College Of Business State University of New York at Stony Brook
January 24, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 THE INTERNSHIP REPORT AND ITS PURPOSE 2.0 THE INTERNSHIP ADVISOR 3.0 STANDARDS 4.0 FORMAT 4.1 Abstract 4.2 Executive Summary 4.3 Organizational Setting 4.4 Main Body 4.5 Evaluation of the Internship 5.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR ALL DRAFTS 5.1 Main Text 5.2 Exhibits 5.3 Margins 5.4 Drafts 5.5 Length 5.6 Final Approval 6.0 DEADLINES
1.0 THE INTERNSHIP REPORT AND ITS PURPOSE The internship report may be the single most important paper you will write while a student at the College of Business. One of the several formal requirements for the MBA degree, the internship report is intended to serve both as a scholarly paper for the College of Business academic community and as a permanent record of your accomplishments as an intern. In addition, the act of preparing the report will help you get the most out of your internship experience. Writing the internship report allows you to transcend the day-to-day activities of your internship, to reflect on your experiences, and to create an account of those experiences that displays your professional skills to the best possible advantage--and in a form that you will be proud to show to potential employers next year. The operative word here is “create” -- it requires imagination as well as knowledge, insight, and analytic ability to step back from the routine assignments of the average internship to make a coherent statement about your summer’s work or about the organization where you did that work. We do not expect you to be able to do this all on your own. The
College Of Business State University of New York at Stony Brook
January 24, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 THE INTERNSHIP REPORT AND ITS PURPOSE 2.0 THE INTERNSHIP ADVISOR 3.0 STANDARDS 4.0 FORMAT 4.1 Abstract 4.2 Executive Summary 4.3 Organizational Setting 4.4 Main Body 4.5 Evaluation of the Internship 5.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR ALL DRAFTS 5.1 Main Text 5.2 Exhibits 5.3 Margins 5.4 Drafts 5.5 Length 5.6 Final Approval 6.0 DEADLINES
1.0 THE INTERNSHIP REPORT AND ITS PURPOSE The internship report may be the single most important paper you will write while a student at the College of Business. One of the several formal requirements for the MBA degree, the internship report is intended to serve both as a scholarly paper for the College of Business academic community and as a permanent record of your accomplishments as an intern. In addition, the act of preparing the report will help you get the most out of your internship experience. Writing the internship report allows you to transcend the day-to-day activities of your internship, to reflect on your experiences, and to create an account of those experiences that displays your professional skills to the best possible advantage--and in a form that you will be proud to show to potential employers next year. The operative word here is “create” -- it requires imagination as well as knowledge, insight, and analytic ability to step back from the routine assignments of the average internship to make a coherent statement about your summer’s work or about the organization where you did that work. We do not expect you to be able to do this all on your own. The