MGMT 495

Management Internship

Prerequisite: MGMT 300, MGMT 311 For HR Internships

Please read UW Business School Internship Overview FIRST

Learn more about earning academic credit for the internship

Once you have found an internship, complete the following:

1. Download the Internship Contract. You must fill out the Internship Contract (see the forms link below), in which you describe your internship and how it relates to your management coursework.

2. Go over the Contract with your internship supervisor and have him/her sign it.

3. Bring the Contract to the me BEFORE your internship begins. We will discuss your internship responsibilities, your learning goals, and responsibilities. If your it meets the criteria for a management internship, I'll sign your paperwork and provide you with a registration code.

4. Register for the 495 before the the tenth day of class. Or, you may petition to register for the internship in the following quarter, as long as the Contract is completed before the internship quarter begins and the 495 academic requirements are completed during the internship.

5. Provide me with an internship update midquarter (week 5). See description in the Management 495 Internship Expectations and Grading Guidelines.

6. Turn in your Integrative Paper (see Internship Expectations and Grading Guidelines, below) no later than the last day of instruction along with:

• a copy of your contract, (completed at the beginning of the term)
• the student performance evaluation (completed by your internship supervisor)
• an internship evaluation (completed by you).

MGMT495 Internship Expectations and Grading Guidelines:

Credit for MGMT 495 is not based on the work you perform in your internship, but rather your ability to demonstrate the integration and application of what you have learned in coursework to your job experiences.

To earn credit for your internship you need to:

1. Complete a Midterm Status Report to Faculty Advisor (Week 5)
Each student intern is expected to report status weekly or biweekly to the faculty advisor.  These status reports may take the form of a personal meeting, phone conversation or electronic mail correspondence. These reports should be used to:

• Discuss current status of internship
• Discuss professional development as it relates to the internship
• Discuss the format, approach or progress on the demonstration of knowledge
• Review outline for paper or demonstration
• Obtain advisor guidance related to the internship, paper or demonstration
• Confirm advisor expectations of work involved
• Ask questions that will help student's understanding of internship environment

These reports should be pertinent to the internship and related course work.  Student interns will state which day they will be submitting status reports and will be measured on their consistency in providing this deliverable.

2. Internship Value Paper

Part 1.  Internship Description

• Organization and industry background
• Name and positions of persons student worked for/with during internship
• How their area or the internship fit into the Management/HR or overall corporate structure
• Intern duties; tasks performed by the student as part of the internship
• Positive and negative aspects of work responsibilities
• Suggestions for future changes to this internship or the overall program
• "What did I hope to gain from this internship?" 
• "Were my expectations fulfilled? Why or why not?"
• "How could this internship be handled differently in the future?"
• "In hindsight, what would I do differently?"
• "How might this experience be improved for future interns?"

Part 2.  Coursework Application & Extension

• For management internships: Pick 5 topics from your management classes (e.g. motivation, group dynamics, culture, team development, decision making, organization structure, power and politics, leadership) and give examples of how you applied and extended what you have learned in your coursework. 
• For HR internships: If you were a generalist pick 5 topics from HR (job analysis, legal, selection, recruiting, compensation, performance management, training & development, career management, safety & health, diversity) or if you were a specialist go deep in to that specialty and give examples of how you applied and extended what you have learned in your coursework.
• What did you learn that was new?
• What was the value of the professional work experience?

The paper should be written in a professional and diplomatic, but honest and open manner. Concerns or suggestions should be stated in constructive, non-offensive terms. Care should be taken to avoid proprietary or confidential disclosures.

As a means of recording the work done on the internship, you may want to keep a journal of the tasks performed and activities involved with the internship. This journal can then become the basis for discussion of the value of the internship.

This paper will be graded on:

• content
• presentation (visual appearance)
• organization
• logical flow of content and thought
• thoroughness
• professionalism
• you may include any products you developed as part of the internship

Submit two copies of the paper should be submitted to me; one for my files and the other to be returned with comments.  The report will not be submitted to the sponsoring organization.