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This document provides guidelines for students completing the practicum report for the College of Business at Universiti Utara Malaysia. It outlines the required contents and formatting of the report, including a 50-page minimum length, Times New Roman 12-point font, and 2-spacing. The report must include sections on the background of the host organization, industry analysis, SWOT/TOWS/PEST analysis, the student's experiences and contributions, recommendations, and conclusions. Marks will be allocated based on the quality of contents in each section and the overall organization of the report.

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Practicum Report Writing Guidelines - Pom & Mot

This document provides guidelines for students completing the practicum report for the College of Business at Universiti Utara Malaysia. It outlines the required contents and formatting of the report, including a 50-page minimum length, Times New Roman 12-point font, and 2-spacing. The report must include sections on the background of the host organization, industry analysis, SWOT/TOWS/PEST analysis, the student's experiences and contributions, recommendations, and conclusions. Marks will be allocated based on the quality of contents in each section and the overall organization of the report.

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PR_2020_V1

STANDARD GUIDELINES
FOR THE
PRACTICUM REPORT

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
(COB) UNIVERSITI UTARA
MALAYSIA

B.OM (Hons), BMOT (Hons)


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PREFACE

This Practical Handbook provides information and important explanation


to the students who will undertake the practical training for programs under
School of Technology Management and Logistics (STML), College of
Business (COB). Through this guide, students are able to understand the
objectives and practicum’s requirements. Students are advised to
understand the contents of this guideline for the initial preparation before
going for the practical training and the process of reporting.

The format of final reporting and assessments will also be outlined in this
handbook to facilitate the students for future preparation on the final report.
The final report is required to be submitted to the COB upon completion of
the practicum.

Good luck to your practicum training.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 1

The Purpose of Practicum 2

Practicum under the COB Programmes 3

Duration of Practicum 3

Practicum Placement 4

Preparing the Final Report of Practicum 5

The Cover Page of the Final Report 6


The Contents of the Final Report 7

Assessments Practicum 8

Practicum Supervision 8

Student Responsibility 9

The Ethics of Practicum 10

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INTRODUCTION

Practicum is one of the core components in the program of Bachelor of


Operations Management (Hons.) and Bachelor of Technology Management
(Hons.) with 12 credit hours. The duration of the practicum training will be
in six months (24 weeks) and students are encouraged to undertake the
training in their final semester.

Practicum will gain knowledge of the industries to each of student which are
related to the field of study at the university and build quality graduates
before venturing into the job market in future. Students should take this
opportunity to explore new things during their practicum as compared to the
theory learned from classes. The feedback and criticism given by the
employer(s) will be included in the new syllabus for the program curricular
in line with current market expectations.

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THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICUM

The purposes of practicum components to be included into the structure of


the program are:

1. Provides students the opportunities to learn the practical implementation


of the operations and technology management in an organization and
business that are currently being practiced in industries;
2. Enhance fundamental or theoretical knowledge in operations and
technology management and develop writing skills among students to
enable them to compare operations and technology management
practices in manufacturing and services-based organization;
3. Develop students’ capability in analysing organizational and business
problems to meet the demands in managing operations effectively and
efficiently;
4. Develop students’ communication and problem-solving skills in
operations and technology management related areas.

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PRACTICUM UNDER THE COB PROGRAMMES

In order to face challenges of management in exploring globalization, the


College of Business (COB) believes that the practicum is an important
element to each student. They are not only experience in the work
environment, but to be exposed to the theory and practices of related fields.
Through the leverage of some work experience before graduating from
university, they will be more confidence to cope with the real working
environment in future.

Thus, the main goals of practicum in COB are to;

1. produce a confident individual and commensurate to any kind of work


within financial institutions;
2. Produce individuals who are creative, innovative and dynamic;
3. Produce individuals who are knowledgeable about the intricacies of
the jobs.

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DURATION OF PRACTICUM

The duration of the Practicum for the students of Bachelor of Operations


Management (Hons.) and Bachelor of Technology Management (Hons) is
6 months or 24 weeks. The grade obtained in the practicum will be counted
in the overall point average (CGPA) of each student. Codes and courses
name used are BJOX4912 Practicum for B.OM (Hons.) and BJTX4912
Practicum for BMOT (Hons.), with 12 credit hours.

PRACTICUM PLACEMENT

Students are encouraged to undergo the practical training in related areas


of study such as manufacturing and services-based organizations.
Students are also can be place either in government agencies, private
companies, or any related business area.

Students’ placement into organizations for practical purposes is the


responsibility of the CUIC. The students who have been selected are
placed in the organization is not permitted to change after the place was
approved by the CUIC. Students are encouraged to find their own
practicum places and inform to CUIC before the final placement made by
the office.

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PREPARING THE FINAL REPORT OF PRACTICUM

Practicum students are required to prepare the final report which is an


important aspect for the evaluation purposes. The final report is to be
submitted to the supervisor (lecturer) together with a log book and an
attendance form before the final date specified by the Centre for University-
Industry Collaboration (CUIC). A copy of the report is required to be kept
by the students. Students are advised to use the Standard Report Writing
of UUM (refer the UUM website). In addition, the report should be prepared
with the following:
1) Should be typed using the Times New Roman with font 12;
2) Use 2 spacing in the main text;
3) Reports should be at least 50 in A4 pages (excluding appendices);
4) Cover page must be a plain paper (no design) of light blue colour.
5) Report should be fixed binding (comb binding is acceptable).

Important:
A soft copy of the report must be submitted together with the printed
report to the supervisor.

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THE COVER PAGE OF THE FINAL REPORT

The colour for practicum report for the session is set in light blue colour
(navy blue). Details of the front cover should contain the following:

SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND LOGISTICS


UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

PRACTICUM REPORT
BJOX4912/ BJTX4912

SEMESTER _______ SESSION ______

(NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION)

PREPARED FOR:
(NAME OF SUPERVISOR OF COB)

PREPARED BY:
(NAME, MATRIC NO., PROGRAMME)

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THE CONTENTS OF THE FINAL REPORT

The full report should contain items A-F as listed below. The percentages
of each item are stated.
A. Background of the company (15 marks)
• Information of the company inclusive of mission and vision
• Company’s products/services
• Management team and organizational structure

B. Industry aspects in the organizations (20 marks)


• Discuss the industry that the organization involved in
• Ability to understand aspects of the operations management of
the organization
• Ability to understand the problems that have been identified
• Ability to develop and recommend solutions to problems that
have understood and identified

C. SWOT/TOWS/Pest analysis or any analysis (20 marks)


• Correct use of the analyses (SWOT/TOWS/Pest)
• Application of the analyses (SWOT/TOWS/Pest)
• Logical & reasonable recommendations made based on the
SWOT/TOWS/Pest analysis
• Identify the rational and reasonable position of the organization
based on the SWOT/TOWS/Pest analyses

D. Self-experience (20 marks)


• Summary of the candidate’s experience at the company
• Summary of the candidate’s job assigned
• Problem(s) encountered during the internship training and
means of solution(s)
• Student’s contributions to the organization

E. Recommendation and conclusion (10 marks)


• Recommendations
• Conclusion

F. Organization of the report (15 marks)


• Format of the report (table of content, references, appendixes)
• Writing is free of error in grammar, sentence structure,
capitalization and spelling
• Report is well presented

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ASSESSMENT PRACTICUM

Upon completion of the practicum, students are to be evaluated based on


the following points;

1. Employer assessment 40%


2. Final Report 60%
- 2.1 Report 40%
- 2.2 Log book 10%
- 2.3 Attendance 10%
Total Marks 100%

PRACTICUM SUPERVISION

COB lecturers who made a visit to the organization in which the student is
placed are advised to provide guidance on the direction of undergoing
practicum to student, supervise the assignments so that students gain
maximum benefit from the training and monitoring the progress of students
from time to time. Lecturers are required to make recommendation on the
suitability of the practicum places for future attachment to COB.

Supervision of the program will be done by three parties, namely:


1) Supervisor Report (Programme Lecturer);
2) Visiting Supervisor (COB Lecturer);
3) Supervisor (Employer) - supervisor (employer) is an officer
appointed by the organization in which the student is placed.

The COB Supervisor is basically will be visiting students in the organization


at least once during the practicum.

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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

Attendance: Practicum’s student must present every day of work in the


organizations which have been fixed except with the permission of the
supervisor (employer).

Students are also required to:

1. Discuss with the supervisor before going to practicum especially on


the preparation of the final report. Making the necessary arrangement
for a meeting between the supervisors (employer) and the visiting
Supervisor (Lecturer COB);
2. Discuss with the supervisor (employer) on the tasks will be given upon
report duty;
3. Make sure that the log book must be signed by the supervisor
(employer) every day or at least once a week, during the practicum;
4. Communicate with the supervisor (employer) and/or supervisor of
final report when facing difficulties;
5. Show the log book to visiting lecturer during the visit;
6. Ensure the discussion is to be held between the visiting supervisor
(Lecturer COB) and Supervisor (Employer) during the visit by the
visiting supervisor (Lecturer COB).

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THE ETHICS OF PRACTICUM

Students should observe to the following code of ethics;

1. Commitment to their work that has been assigned by the


employer;
2. Commitment to the discipline in terms of dress code and
punctuality;
3. Shows their respect, polite to all staff within the organization;
4. Focus in gaining experiences and guidance throughout the
practicum;
5. Do not asking, demanding or affect employers in the scoring,
using organizational material for own purpose, stealing
documents and materials, revealed the information without
permission, token or other form of payment of remuneration to
any assignment given by employers;
6. Be pro-active, hard-working and professional;
7. Always keep the good name of UUM, college, school and
programme.

THANK YOU

Prepared by;
Department of Technology and Operations Management,
06010 UUM Sintok Kedah

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