02 Content Guidelines for Industrial Placement Report

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Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology

REPORT WRITING

1. General Information

At the end of your training period you are required to produce:

Your up-dated log book (hand-written)

A Summary Report

A Buine Report

A !a"or #echnical Report

#he report hould be bound in co$er pro$ided by %ni$erity&'

All report hould be igned and dated by the writer and hiher uper$ior' #hi

ignature may be neceary to ignify permiion for the document to be releaed'

#hi take time and due allowance hould be made for thi'

You will need to make two copie of the report one hard copy and one oftcopy (*+)

and hand them in to the Admin ,ffice on Tuesday, Week 3 of Semester 1 in year 3of the new term'

2. Points to onsider !"en !ritin# your Re$orts

#he format outlined in the following page i decribed a a general format

and pro$ide general guidance on the content' Your placement eperience will

determine the etent to which you ha$e ufficient information to report on the

iue uggeted'

*onult your uni$erity uper$ior on the precie format and etent of the

report a hehe will be able to gi$e you more precie guidance in relation to

the nature of your placement'

*onult your employer in relation to information on the broader apect of the

organiation and it acti$itie'

#he Buine Report i intended a with your #echnical Report to be

completed during your .ndutrial /lacement' Your #echnical Report may

require ecurity clearance0 thi can take up to i week or e$en longer o tart

your pro"ect a oon a you tart your placement'

Bind them together a one

report which i known aindutrial placement report'


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3. %o# &ook

#he log book i to be kept and updated on a regular bai for inpection by your

uni$erity uper$ior - pleae email your log book to your uni$erity uper$ior on a

monthly bai'

+uring your placement the log book hould be written up at regular inter$al - at leat

once a week' A looe-leaf binder i ideal for the log book0 the page hould be

numbered and an .nde included' All reference material uch a publihed leafletmaker1 code computer programme and print-out etc hould be kept eparately a

Appendice' 2hen appropriate ketche hould be ued where thee amplify and add

to the written matter'


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Summary Re$ort

1. 'o(er S"eet for t"e Summary Re$ort

#he o(er s"eetfor thi report hould be a follow:

3ame

.ntake

/rogramme

.ndutrial /eriod

*ompany4tablihment

/urpoe of Report

+uring your .ndutrial placement you learn from the eperience of working in the

world of reality rather than in the theoretical academic en$ironment' .n thi report

you are aked to ummarie your work eperience and your perception of

profeional kill and competence acquired and de$elopment during your

placement'


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2. Guidane Notes on "o! to om$lete t"e Summary Re$ortStudent hould pro$ide an o$erall dicuion in thi ection and arri$e at a concluion

with regard to the indutrial training undergone'

#he Summary Report hould be of 566 word length approimately'

#he Report hould be typed for preference0 if not typed then written neatly in

black ink'

+ecribe in not more than 766 word the nature of the work you ha$e performedduring your indutrial placement'

*omment in not more than 766 word on the $alue of your placement in

de$eloping and etending your profeional kill and competencie' *onider

the following point:

(i) Application of rele$ant technological principle - both thoe already

known to you and new knowledge you had to acquire'

(ii) #he need to eercie initiati$eimaginationcreati$ity0

(iii) /ercei$ing and ol$ing problemmaking "udgement0

(i$) 4erciing elf-moti$ation0

($) 4erciing interperonal kill epecially in communication0

($i) Acquiring an awarene of commercial and ocial need and cot

effecti$ene'


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&usiness Re$ort

1. Introdution

A brief and concie decription of the companyorgani8ation in which you are

undertaking the indutrial training' You are required to produce a report baed upon a

buine and financial appraial of the company organiation in which you are

working' #he report hould be approimately 9666 -966 word in length though

thi may be upplemented by the ue of diagram flow chart andor table of datawhere appropriate' #he o$erall aim i to encourage a wider and more detailed

undertanding of the financial and organiational tructure of your own organiation

and of it placement within a broader local national and where appropriate

international indutrial en$ironment'

2. O)*eti(es of t"e Re$ort

#o illutrate your general undertanding of the organiation in which you are

working - product market and competitor'

#o recognie the main area of acti$itie and how thee ha$e de$eloped'

#o de$elop an undertanding of the organiational tructure the main function in

the organiation the role they play in the organiation and how the organiation

tructure weld thee function together'

#o analye the general nature of communication within the organiation both

acro different function and within indi$idual function'

#o analye pecifically the operation of the particular functiondepartment withwhich you are employed and to recognie the contribution thi make to the

organiation a a whole'

#o ae the ource of funding and finical tanding of your placement

organiation and of the functional areadepartment in which you work'


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3. +ormat and 'ontent of t"e Re$ort

Introdution

Brief introduction to the organiation and the pecific area of your in$ol$ement

T"e Or#anisation

#he organiation it hitorical de$elopment and general range of acti$itie'

#he producter$ice pro$ided by the organiation'

#he general ob"ecti$e of the organiation in relation to it cutomer and

employee'

#he o$erall tructure of the organiation0 the different di$iion department or

ection and the role they perform'

#he geographic ditribution of the organiation acti$itie'

T"e En(ironment

#he general nature of the market that the organiation operate within'

#he nature of competition within thee market'

#he effect of technology within the market and how the company repond to

thi'

+etail of any particular contraint or iue within the en$ironment which

influence the organiation'

T"e +untions

,utline of the organiation tructure of the functional area in which you are

employed' #he main +epartmentSection of the function and brief detail of the

role they perform and the contribution they make to the effecti$e running of the

+epartment'


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T"e e$artment-Setion

+etail of the workacti$itie of the +epartment or Section within the organiation

in which you are placed and how your pecific acti$ity contribute to thi'

'ommuniations-Information Te"nolo#y

+etail of the main method of communication ued in the organiation in

relation to report intruction procedure etc'

#he ditinction between formal and informal communication within the

organiation and it department'

#he way in which the organiation i uing formation technology to aid it work

and communication i'e' the ue of micro mini or mainframe computer in the

pro$iion of appropriate !anagement .nformation Sytem and in the ue of

*A+*A! andor *A/!'

+inanial Struture only if allo!ed )y om$any/

+etail of the ource of capital and method of funding and financial planning

and control eercied within your placement organiation'

An indication of the degree of effecti$ene achie$ed in financial planning and

control including the control of indi$idual pro"ect'

An indication of the market hare of your organiation'


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Te"nial Re$ort

1. Guidane Notes on "o! to om$lete t"e Te"nial Re$ort

#hi report hould be 7666 ;


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3. Glossary of Terms

0$$endies

#hee are ued to keep the main report uncluttered - include deri$ation of

mathematic equation computer program and other upplementary information

and data'

Referenes

#hee how publihed work ued in writing that are quoted from and pecifically

mentioned'

&i)lio#ra$"y

#hi i a lit of publihed work that ha not been pecifically referred to but i of

interet and of ue to the reader'

Pa#ination

.t i important that page are numbered'

Num)erin#

#hi ytem mut be conitent'

eadin#s

#he heading gi$en pro$ide an outline for a plan' @owe$er thee mut be

reconidered once the final report i written up'

'onlusion

#hi will bring certain material together and um up much that ha gone on

before' ,n the bai of the e$idence the writer conclude that certain problem

ha$e been identified'

Reommendations

#hee may not be neceary' @owe$er they are ub"ecti$e $iew of the writer a

to how the fact hould be dealt with'


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+ormat of Re$ort and 'om) &ound %ayout

A wide $ariety of working en$ironment make it difficult to lay down a et format but the

following may be ued a a model

*o$er /age (pro$ided)

Acknowledgement

Summary Re$ort

#able of *ontent

it of #ableit of ?igure

'0PTER 1 &usiness re$ort

.ntroduction to the buine

#he ,rganiation

#he 4n$ironment

#he ?unction

#he +epartmentSection

*ommunication.nformation #echnology

?inancial Structure

'0PTER 2 Te"nial re$ort .ntroduction to the nature of your work

,utline

Brief

Solution

Reult


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*oncluion > Recommendation

Appendice

og book *o$er /age (pro$ided)

og book (limited to

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02 Content Guidelines for Industrial Placement Report