BUSINESS PRACTICE Colombia  

Principal •

 
Justification of the plan
Objectives
Commitments of the Program
Commitments of the student
Commitments of the tutor
Advance report on the project’s commitments and requirements
Contents of Introduction to Practice VIII Semester
Curriculum Vitae
Location of your practice
Scores
Registration
   
   
ADVANCE REPORT ON COMMITMENTS

 
 

In order to complete the program, students who are working on their Internship will produce a series of reports based on their evaluation of the company in which they acquire work experience throughout the semester.

These reports will have to be handed in on the dates assigned at the end of this document and must fulfill some simple requisites in terms of both form and content, among which the following are worth mentioning:

Presentation of Information

 

 

 

Foto1.jpg (3984 bytes)Presentation of Information

 

   CONTENT

   FORM

Index (Themes)

General Objectives / Specific Objectives

conclusions

Letter size 12

Interlinear space: single

Pages must be numbered

 

The dates and details of the reports that must be produced while doing the Entrepreneurial Practice are as follows:

 

SIX MONTHS INTERNSHIPS

ONE YEAR INTERNSHIPS

 

1.Organizational Diagnosis

Two months after having started the Internship 

Two months after having started the Internship 

 

2. Sector Diagnosis

Two months after having started the Internship

Five months after having started the Internship 

 

3. Change Plan

Five months after having started the Internship

Seven months after having started the Internship 

 

4. International Market

    Perspective  

   

 

Ten months after having started the Internship 

 

 

The following are brief explanations of the assigned reports:

1.     Organizational Diagnosis:  

The organizational diagnosis consists on the evaluation of the enterprise where the student is doing his/her practice, based on the corresponding guides. These guides describe the steps to be followed in the diagnosis.

It is mandatory to analyze the following areas: Administrative, Human Resources, Manuals and Proceedings, plus the specific performance area (Operations, Security, etc.)

Organizational evaluation 

2.     Sector Diagnosis:

On the other hand, the sector analysis is to be carried out in compliance with the guidelines presented in the material, and be based on Porter’s competitiveness diamond.

Sector diagnosis 

 

 

3.     Change Plan

The report should not be longer than 15 pages. It must describe the area in the company that could improve and the opportunities for improvement detected, as well as the concrete action plan to undertake the improvement process (What, How, Who, When, How much).

4.     International Market Perspective  

This report is a sector diagnosis of the company with an International perspective, which should include a description of the company’s market at the International level, focusing on one Country.

Two months after the students have started their practice, regardless of whether they have or have not been visited by their supervisor, they must ask their head boss to answer the attached questionnaire and to send it to the internships office.

 

Note: In the case of the International Business Administration Program, students with a six month practical work experience must present: When a student enrolled in the International Business Administration Program carries out an internship in two companies, one semester each, he will present the three reports for each one of the companies within the established terms.

Note:  International Business Administration Program, students with a one year internship in the same company must present:  If the student is developing its internship in an English speaking country, all his/her reports should be done in English.