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An internship placement is an opportunity to experience a professional work environment. Internships taken for credit are usually unpaid. You are expected to develop a good understanding of a sector, market or organisation. The work you submit will show an application of the tools, ideas or concepts of a management-related discipline. You will be required to reflect critically on the requirements of transitioning from an academic to a work environment and the skills valued in a professional workplace. As these are management placements, priority is given to students taking a major in either Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, or Strategy and Entrepreneurship.
An Intern Consulting Project involves a student working in a professional capacity to address specific business issue for a host-organisation. The project applies the technical content of a management-related discipline to a real-world business question. The student manages the project, and experiences working in a business environment. As these are management placements, priority is given to students taking a major in either Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, or Strategy and Entrepreneurship.What are Intern Consulting Projects?The UC Consulting Projects (MGMT390) are different from many other ‘internships’. They involve more than just spending time in an organisation. Instead, a Consulting Project gives a student the chance to work on a challenging, real-life business issue. The emphasis is on accelerating your learning. That occurs in three areas; (a) you learn about in-depth business issues, (b) you learn how to manage a project, and (c) you learn the dynamics of working within an organisation, in a professional capacity.The structure involves 100 hours spent working with the organisation, over a 12 week period; that is usually around one day per week. At the end of this, you typically produce a report with your findings and recommendations.There are no lectures, but a further 50 hours are spent on group supervision meetings, maintaining a weekly journal, and creating a learning report.You typically work under the guidance of a mentor in the host-organisation, and there is also an academic supervisor. In some cases you can use MGMT390 as one of the required courses for your degree-major.What’s the Process?Organisations provide UC with details of a business project they want to address, and the knowledge, skills and attributes needed. From there, the course co-ordinator/s will connect the student who most closely matches that profile.IMPORTANT: Enrolment in this course depends on the number of placements available. Applying for entryTo apply for entry into this course, please send the course co-ordinator:• your CV• your academic transcript (this can be cut-and-paste from MyUC)• your co-curricular record (if you have one)• a covering letterFor information about preparing a CV and supporting documents see http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/Applying_For_Jobs/C_V.shtmlRelationship to other coursesThis paper complements other 300-level MGMT courses. The skills and insights developed in this course are directly relevant to other Management courses.WorkloadMGMT390 is a 15 point course involving 150 hours of student learning. Around 100 of these hours are spent doing the project, while the other 50 hours are for the associated coursework below:Time in workplace or on project - 100 hoursSupervision sessions, journaling, and Learning Report) - 40 hoursTotal 150 hours
In the Intern Projects, the specific learning outcomes are:1. Demonstrating an understanding of the sector, organisation or industry.2. Applying the ideas, concepts or tools of a management-related discipline.3. Functioning in a professional capacity in an organization.4. Self-reflection showing how your experience has enhanced your understanding of a professional environment and working relationships.The achievement of these goals will be measured through these activities:Developing a project proposal and project plan.The standard of the completed project.Reflecting on the knowledge and skills developed, and how the experience relates to other papers completed.Presenting the findings of the project in a written report and/or presentation.BCom Learning GoalsThe overall Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Learning Goals:Goal 1: Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of Commerce.Goal 2: Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problems.Goal 3: Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectives.Goal 4: Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
(1) 60 points at 200-level or above in MGMT; and (2) Subject to Head of Department Approval
ARTS 395, ECON390, FINC390, MKTG390, ACCT 364, INFO390, PACE395
Bernard Walker
There are five parts to the assessment. Details of the specific requirements (and marking guidelines) for each assessment are outlined in separate documents available on Learn.(i) Proposal The student will submit a proposal of the project (or their understanding of the project) to the course supervisor who will use it to assess the academic merits of the project. The proposal will also need to be signed off by the project host to indicate that the student’s and host’s understanding of the project are consistent. (ii) Final PresentationAt the end of the course the student is required to make a 15-20 minute presentation that encapsulates what has been achieved during the course including a combination of the deliverables and the contents of the reflection on learning report.(iii) Project OutputsThis assesses the work that has been completed. The students are expected to produce evidence of the quality of the work they have completed as part of the internship. This evidence can take the form of artefacts created (e.g. software, reports), demonstration of work completed during their final presentation, and written feedback from the host confirming and evaluating what has been completed. (iv) Reflection of Learning ReportThe student is required to write a 4,500 word reflection on learning report that includes:• Aim and Outcomes of Project• Comparison of Theory (“UC Learning”) with Practice• Evaluation of other courses (prior knowledge developed at UC)• Self-Reflection(v) Host Organisation EvaluationIn addition, the host organisation will complete an evaluation of the student’s performance using the attached forms.GradingThis course has a Pass / Fail assessment system. No grades are awarded apart from either a Pass or Fail rating.
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Departmental Academic PoliciesThe Department assumes that you have read this document.You should also read the General Course and Examination RegulationsDishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.
Domestic fee $790.00
International fee $3,350.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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