How to write your
Field Work Report
Mandari Herman
CIT Department
Institute of Finance Management
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Field Work Report Structure
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Your style of writing should be as follows:
Body contents Font Size = 12px
Font Type = Times New Roman
Line Space = 1.5
Text-align should be Justified
All Chapter Headings must be centered with Heading 1
as main title, subheadings are Heading2 sub sub-subheading are Heading 2
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Field Work Report Structure
Heading 1 (16px)
 Heading 2 (14px)
 Heading 3 (13px)
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Report Format
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Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Work done and Lessons Learnt
Chapter 3: Literature Review
Chapter 4: Analysis
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendation
Reference
Appendix
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Executive Summary
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Instructions
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List the main points the summary will cover in the same order
they appear in the main report
Write a simple declarative sentence for each of the main points.
Add supporting or explanatory sentences as needed.
Read the summary slowly and critically, making sure it conveys
your purpose, message and key recommendations. You want
readers to be able to skim the summary without missing the point
of the main report.
Check for errors of style, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Ask
a fellow writer to proofread and edit the document.
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Chapter 1 (Heading 1)
Introduction (Heading 1)
1.1 Introduction on you main area (Heading 2)
1.2 Introduction to the attachment organization (Heading 2)
1.2.1 About one (Heading 3)
1.2.2 About two (Heading 3)
1.3 Structure of the Report/Framework (Heading 2)
1.4 Conclusion (Heading 2)
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Chapter 2 (Heading 1)
Work done and Lesson learnt (Heading 1)
2.1 Introduction (Heading 2) [14px]
2.2 Work done (Heading 2)
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.n
Software installation (Heading 3)
Client support; site visits (Heading 3)
Database Administration (Heading 3)
n tasks (Heading 3)
2.3 Lessons learnt (Heading 2)
 Write short paragraphs in the lessons learnt section
2.3.1 Lessons learnt from Software installation (Heading 3)
 Explain what trainee learnt in field work place
2.3.2 Lessons learnt from Database administration (Heading 3)
2.4 Conclusion (Heading 2)
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Chapter 3 (Heading 1)
Literature Review (Heading 1)
3.1 Introduction (Heading 2) [14px]
 Short paragraph of literature review explaining generally
about what was done in field work is supported by
various authors, (Text Books, Internet Articles, Journals,
etc.)
3.2 Literature Review – Work done and Lessons Learnt
(Heading 2)
3.2.1 Software installation (Heading 3)
 Explain people’s idea here about SW installation for instance
with the use of citation. i.e. (Surname of an Author, Year
Published). Example Regarding the installation of Windows XP
SP2, the process must be carried out within formatted drive
(Allen, 2006)……………………… or According to Allen
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(2006)……………………
Chapter 3 (Heading 1)
Literature Review (Heading 1)
3.3 Another task (Heading 2) [14px]
3.4 Chapter summary/ conclusion (Heading 2) [14px]
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Chapter 4 (Heading 1)
Analysis (Heading 1)
4.1 Introduction (Heading 2)
 In this chapter try to show your personal reflection &
views on all activities done and also your reflection
about about organization and IT in general.
4.2 Analysis (Heading 2)
 Give your thinking and reflection about activities carried
out during your field. There could be subsections within
this section, so you can partition this to another
subheadings such as
4.2.1 Subsection (Heading 3)
4.3 Conclusion (Heading 2)
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Chapter 5 (Heading 1)
Conclusion and Recommendation
(H1)
5.1 Introduction (Heading 2)
 Short paragraph explaining, that this chapter is for
summary of the report
5.2 Conclusion (Heading 2)
 Summarize each chapter that you discussed previous.
5.3 Recommendation (Heading 2)
 Give recommendation to the Institute and Organization
that you did your field. (focusing on IT)
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References (Heading 1)
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Use IEEE Reference Style
How you are supposed to cite your references:
Format:
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Example:
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Surname, Initial, Year. “Name of the book”, Edition, “Name of
the publisher”, City.
Sharma P., 2004. “Enterprise Resource Planning”, Fifth Edition,
APH, New Delhi
If there are two authors:
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Yang, S.J.H., Zhang, J. & Chen, I.Y.L., 2007. Web 2.0 services
for identifying communities of practice through social networks.
Wiley & Sons, New York.
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