Term Paper Guidelines

GENERAL GUIDELINES The terminal figure Paper Report should be written using General Guidelines below and should nail the by-line parts 1. Pretext page Cover page Title Page Abstract Page Acknowledgements (optional) Declaration hedge of Contents tendency of Figures (If Applicable) List of Tables (If Applicable) List of abbreviations and symbols (If Applicable) 2. Introduction (2pages) 3. Literature Review (3pages) 4. Discussion Acknowledgement Table of Contents Pretext Page Declaration Cover Page 5. Conclusion and recommendation (1page) 6. References (1page) 7. Appendices Guidelines on Content WRITING YOUR PRETEXT PAGESCover Page the page should display Name of Institute Students Full Name (as it appears on the Faculty Register) Students ID sum up (as it appears on the Faculty Register) Signature Internship Start and Finish Dates Cover Page should be in standard set up as shown below GHANA INSTITUTE OF guidance AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TERM PAPER REPORT Student Name Studen t ID NO Title Page should be in standard format as shown below GIMPA BUSINESS SCHOOL GREENHILL COLLEGE Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Of Month, Year Abstract, Acknowledgement And Table Of ContentAbstract Describe where your housemanship/work was conducted (name of comp any(prenominal), department, location, type of business). retell your internship goals, activities, and accomplishments, highlighting key knowledge or skills gained. How did this internship benefit you, and how did it benefit the company? The abstract is limited to half page. It should be 1. 0 line-spaced, using only whizz side of the paper, and should be within the internship report margin requirements. Acknowledgement/Dedication If you wish, you may include a page with a brief note of lettering or acknowledgment of help received from specific individuals.Declaration it should read as below I, the undersigned, decl be that this Internship Report is my original work and that it has not been presented in any other University or Institution for academic credit. Student full name and ID .. Signature .. Date. Table of Content Internship report should have a Table of Contents for the convenience of the reader. If figures or tables be used in the text, a separate List of Figures or List of Tables should be included as per pretext page guidelines Introduction of the Organization and Problem AnalysisThis chapter should include the following Branch of trade / field Structure (size, departments) Field of (business) activity / responsibilities Problem analysis description of challenges the intern experienced( moreover should be managemnt related and not personal issues) This particle should answer the following questions What is the full title of the make-up? Give a brief memorial of the company, full mailing address and relevant web links. What is the type of ownership of the organization? What sector does the organization operates in? Provide an organizati onal chart of the organizationWhat are the problems observed How the problems outlined affect the organization Why management should pay attention to the problems Literature Review Students should place their internship/work in the context of their area of study/specialization e. g. marketing, finance etc. As candidates for an undergraduate degree, they should demonstrate your familiarity with the literature that is relevant to their experience, and ability to evaluate that literature critically, and to apply it in the practicable circumstances of the internship i. e. in relation to the problem analysis.Include minimum of five(5) references in your literature review. Discussion How has knowledge acquired during studies at Greenhill assisted in resolving issues in your organization (issues mean challenges, opportunities etc) Indicate how the internship/work attunes to the your study program, future plans work or further study This is the heart of the report. Explain what was learn ed from the internship/work. The student is to give a vivid description of the business they did during internship based on their area of study and any other extra duty performed.In this section the report should answer the following questions What skills and experiences were gained from the intership/work? What kind of responsibilities were undertaken during the internship/work? How are the activities carried out during internship correlated with classroom knowledge? How the internship will influence interns future career plans? It should express the following evaluation of the assigned tasks and the individual work performance Implications for future study and career planning Comparison of goals and expectations with actual experience Social conditions during internship(atmosphere, work climate, mentoring situation) Conclusions and Recommendation This section should include the following A summary of key conclusions derived from the Internship experience. General observations abo ut the sector in which your Internship organization operates References students need to support their work with available literature, for guinea pig the company website, pamphlets, publications etc. Use the APA Format of referencing Examples include 1. One author (Jones, 1995) or (Jones, 1995 Smith, 1996). 2.Two authors (Jones and Kane, 1994) or (Jones and Kane, 1994 Smith, 1996). 3. More than two authors (Jones et al. , 1995) or (Jones et al. , 1995a Jones et al. , 1995b Smith et al. , 1994 Smith et al. , 1995). References are listed in alphabetical osrder according to surname and initials of first author. Use the following as an example Rochlin, M. W. , Itoh, K. , Adelstein, R. S. and Bridgman, P. C. (1995). Localization of myosin IIA and B isoforms in cultured neurons. J. Cell Sci. 108, 3661-3670 Number Of Copies You will need to bind one official copy of your Term Paper Report.Submit spiral bound copy to the Grennhill College Secretariate (SB 219) Paper, Font And Spacing Th e Term Paper Report must be printed on standard size, white, A4 (8. 27 * 11. 69)80g/m? paper Use double line spacing throughout and print on only one side of the paper. Use regular, unadorned print (i. e. New Times Roman), 12 point font size for text. scientific names of genera should be underlined or printed in true italics Print in black and white Chapter headings can be in different font but should be consistent in the whole document MarginsThe Term Paper Report should have a minimum margin of 1-1/2 inches (for binding purposes) on the left side of the page 1 inch at the right side 1-1/4 inches at the top and bottom of the page. Pagination All pages withdraw the title page should be leaned. This includes full-page photographs, charts and graphs, the bibliography, and appendices. For the pretext pages, use small Roman numerals (ii, iii, etc. ). Page i is the abstract page, but the page number is not printed on this page. The first item on the Table of Contents list should be the Abstract.This will be followed by the title page, and dedication or acknowledgment section you may wish to include. This is numbered in the small roman series, with the page total displayed. The remainder of the internship report is numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, etc. ). The page numbers that are displayed must be centered at the bottom of each page, within the bottom margin. Style The Term Paper Report is expected to be analytical rather than descriptive. It should contain accurate, factual information together with sound arguments, conclusions and recommendations.