Brief on Qualified Internship System (QIS)
February 15, 2011
What is Internship?
An internship is a pre-professional experience that provides an opportunity to gain relevant knowledge and skills prior to starting out in a particular career field.
Purpose
To support the theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge connection
Internship program in Ethiopia
Benefits of QIS
Benefits for students
Get the chance to apply the classroom knowledge in the real work life Learn about working processes, how to behave in a company Students increase their employability through:
gaining knowledge of organizational structure and processes in the industry, becoming familiar with new techniques and methods, shortening the transition period from studies to work.
Student interns exercise individual responsibility and develop strong teamwork skills, Interns build up a network of professional contacts for future opportunities and references. Good opportunity for final thesis
Benefits to the companies:
So many problems will be identified Complete projects that full-time staff are not able to work Fit in their already busy schedules Identify high caliber candidates for future openings; Bring new and fresh perspectives into the organization Short assignments will be done by the interns
Cont
Decreasing costs for intensive trainee programs up to 2 years for fresh graduates. Promotion - Especially companies in regions, which are not considered as attractive by students or graduates have the chance to bind up with the students to make them familiar with the corporate culture and the used technologies Avoid brain drain from the regions to the capital!
Responsibilities of the student
Introduce him/herself to the general manager of the company
Ask for an advisor in the company if there is no anyone assigned
Reports to the company and institute supervisors
progress reports in presentation well compiled and organized final report in written and presentation Submit monthly evaluation forms
Notifications in advance if failure in reporting on time, illness, accident and emergency.
General Steps in your work
1. 2. 3. 4. Simple observation (about 3weeks) Problems Identification (about 2 days) Selecting and restructuring a problem (about a week) Analyzing the area of the problem and related things (about 3 days) Searching possible solutions for the problem (about 2 days) Selecting and analyzing best solution approach and plan to conduct (about a week) Conducting the best solution based on your plan (about 8 weeks) Evaluate your work and final reporting (about 2 weeks)
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Methods to Identify Problems 1. Direct observation from the actual situation 2. Asking to the top management or to the lower workers 3. Searching from recent data 4. Critical review of researches about other similar companies
What are the problems in Industries??
High loss Poor Product/Service quality Low productivity High cost of investment due mostly to lack of or poor
feasibility studies system
Excessive cost of production- due to poor production
Insufficient management in planning -raw materials
supply, marketing, optimum production and manpower utilization.
Excessive use of expensive expatriate skills, wrong technological choice have resulted in a very low productivity Poor industrial, product, process and system design Lack of appropriate skilled man power, appropriate technology, and tool