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Internship orientation
What is Internship ?
 Is it an organization study ?
 Is it a case study?
 Is it Survey of an organization ?
 Is it Factual observation ?
Where it can be done?
 Large and small and medium scale
companies
 NGOs
 Development agencies
 Government departments.
 Local bodies
 Universities
Why internship ?
 To bridge the gap between theory and practice
 To gain insight about functioning of organization.
 To know about specialization
 To analyze corporate level and functional level strategies
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of the company
To understand and analyze the problems faced by the
company.
To improve your skill of diagnostic investigation.
To evaluate the solutions that specific companies
adopted.
To provide recommendations
How ?
Select an organization
Preparation
Approach
Maintain Diary
What to study?
 Defining the mission and goal
 Analysis of organization’s external competitive
environment
 Internal analysis
 Evaluating functional level strategies
 Efficiency
 Quality
 Innovation
 Superior customer responsiveness
Vision and Mission
 Mission statement talks about what the company is
now. It concentrates on present
Vision statement outlines what a company wants to be.
It concentrates on the future
Analyze corporate level strategy
 Define Vision Mission and Goal of the company
 Line of business/nature of its subsidiaries
 Core business and diversification
 Has the company strategy changed over time?
Analyze structure and control system
 To identify what structure and control systems the company
is using for implementation of strategy
 Degree of fit between company and structure
 Vertical differentiation /horizontal differentiation
 Are the managers being appropriately rewarded
SWOT ANALYSIS
For Assessing strengths:
 What makes the organization
distinctive?
 How efficient is manufacturing?
 How skilled is workforce?
 What is market share?
 What financing is available?
 Do company have a superior
reputation?
For Assessing the weaknesses
What are the vulnerable areas
of the organization that could
be exploited?
Are the facilities outdated?
Is research and development
adequate?
Are the technologies obsolete?
For Identifying opportunities
 In which areas is the competition not
meeting customer needs?
 What are the possible new markets ?
 What is the strength of the economy?
 Are the rival weak?
 What are the emerging technologies?
 Is there a possibility of growth of
existing market ?
For Identifying Threats
Are there new competitors?
Is there a shortage of
resources?
Are market tastes changing?
What are the new regulations?
What substitute product exist?
Identify the Internal Strength and
weakness
Strength
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Many product line
Broad market coverage
Manufacturing competence
Good marketing
/HR/FINANCE skills
Good material management
Brand name reputations
Appropriate organization
structure
Ability to maintain strategic
change
Well developed corporate
strategy
Weakness
 Narrow product line
 Rising manufacturing
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cost
Decline in R&D
Poor marketing/ HR
/Finance Material
management
Growth without
direction
Inappropriate
organizational structure
Identify the External opportunity and
Threat
Opportunity
 Expand core business
 Exploit new market
 Widen product range
 Extent cost or differentiation
advantage
 Vertical integration
 Overcome barriers to entry
 Seek fast market growth
 Apply brand name in new
area
Threats
 Increase in competition
 Change in consumer taste
 Fall in barriers to entry
 Rise in substitute products
 Potential for takeovers
 Downturn in economy
 Rising labour cost
 Slower market growth
Functional departments
Marketing department
Human resource department
Finance department
Production department
How to close?
 Presenting findings
 Feedback
 Thanking
 Relationship building
 Report writing
Structure of The Report
Prefatory item
Body of the report
Terminal item
Prefatory items
 Contents:
 Preliminary pages:
 Title page
 Declaration
 Certificate (Guide and College)
 Certificate organization
 Acknowledgement
 Contents
 List of tables/ Charts
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Body of the project
 Industry profile
 Company Profile:
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Back ground ,History and products
Vision, Mission and Goals
Ownership pattern
Competitors Information
Market share
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Organization structure
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Functional areas
Research Problem study (if any)
SWOT Analysis
MCKINSEY 7 S FRAMEWORK
Findings and Conclusion
Recommendations
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Terminal items
 Bibliography and Annexure
Bibliography
 Must Be Arranged In The Following Order:
 Books
 Magazines
 Journals
 Newspapers
 Websites
APA Format for Bibliography
 Alphabetical Order
 Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title.
Additional information. Publishing company , page number.
 Oren Harari, 2002, The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell,
first edition, McGraw Hill, 138-200.
Report Design
 Size: 60 pages
 Hard bound
 Font Size:14(Heading)/12(body)
 1.5 line spacing
 A4 size executive bond paper
 Font Size: Time/Arial
 Foot notes: end of each chapter
 References at end of each chapter