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August 26, 2009
California State University, Northridge
College of Business and Economics
Dr. Daniel Degravel
Internship Management
Fall 2009
MGT498C
Class 12623 W 07:00pm-09-45pm
August to December 2009
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Day Outline
I.
Professor: introduction
II.
Course Objectives
III.
Course Structure and Schedule
IV.
Evaluation
V.
Teaching Method
VI.
Work for students
VII. Contents
VIII. Students: presentation
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Professor
1- Internal
consultant
3- Faculty
Four
perspectives
2- Project
manager
4- External
consultant
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1- Internal
consultant
2- Project
manager
Professor
Advisor, “Implementor”
Study and make
recommendations
Preparation of Material for
Decision
Follow-up of Solutions
Implementation
“Constructor”, Pilot and
Teamwork Animator
Change Management
Construction of Method,
Tool, Process
First Cycle and Preparation
of Resources to run it after
start
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Professor
Professor and Communicator
Constructor of Knowledge
Knowledge “Tranferor”
Knowledge Builder (Searcher)
Class and Groups Animator
Consultant
Diagnosis builder as a generalist
Problem-solver
Recommendation maker
Solution implementor
3- Faculty
4- External
consultant
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Course Objectives
According to the CSUN COBAE catalog:
MGT498C = individual study regarding the
application of management principles to the
workplace
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Course Objectives
Apply management principles and
practices to the workplace
1- Learn and
develop skills
-Diagnosis
-Power relationships
-Classic managerial skills such as group
animation, teamwork and leadership
-“Functional skills”
-“Relational skills”
-Learn what you have learned and how you
have improved your skills (measurement)
2- Build your own vision of the
corporate world within your life
-Understand complexity of corporate
world
-Understand/apply ethics
-Build your representation of place of
work in your life
-Build your future and your career and
personal goals
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Course Objectives
Accompany and help students in their
internship itself and to maximize its
benefits
“I strongly believe that the Internship is extremely
valuable in the improvement and learning of students,
and I do not consider it as an additional assignment
only needed for the purpose of graduation, but a real
airlock between two worlds: educational and corporate”.
Daniel Degravel, CSUN, 2009
a)
b)
c)
d)
All the assignments are I-centered, and pursue a specific goal
The assignments facilitate the completion of the main report,
and emphasize students’ learning
The syllabus is designed to minimize students’ workload
The instructor’s goal is to enhance the I’s learning benefits
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Course Objectives
“The MGT498C arrow”
AConceptual tools
Practical tools
Methods
Internship project
Report
Task completed
Study
Shadowing & Training
Position held
BAdvice and support
Prepare for “life after graduation”
Assess learning and improvement impact
CDevelop tools for:
-understanding I impact
-learning assessment
-matching I-student
Goal
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Schedule
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Discussion syllabus and
material
Elaboration and discussion
of AI
Discussion material
Harrison (diagnosis) and
Mgt360 (management)
Reading material
Work of I project
Redaction of preproject
Redaction Weekly
journal
Discussion of preproject
Guidance
Weekly journal
Supervisor feedback
Internship package
Weekly journal
due
Supervisor’s
feedback due
Internship
package
Internship
package due
I De-briefing
NC
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Section
NC
FF
Class
FF
Class
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Class and assignments
PRE-PROJECT
The pre-project helps
understanding and building the
final project. It acts as an
intermediate step of
achievement
Material
Class Discussion
Illustration on companies
Contribution from students
Mobilization of outside
material
MGT498C
Class
WEEKLY JOURNAL
INTERNSHIP PACKAGE
Personal reflection, network
construction, and reflective
analysis
SUPERVISOR FEEDBACK
Work completed and
student’s learning
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Evaluation
Participation (Individual)
10%
Pre-project
20%
Weekly journal
20 %
Internship package
20%
Firm’s feedback
30%
Total
100%
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Students’ contribution
1234-
Personal Preparation
Attendance
Contact and feed-back with Instructor
Quality of production
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Contents
1- Harrison, Michael, Diagnosing organizations. Methods, models, and processes, 3rd
Ed., 2005, Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol.8, Sage, Thousand
Oaks, CA, 91320, 181p., ISBN 978-0-7619-2572-9
2- Textbook of MGT 360
3- Readings of Business Magazines dedicated to the specific industry
4- Professor’s website www.csun.edu/~degravel
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Students: Introduction
I. Education
II. Professional Experience / Position /
Current Organization
III. « Contacts » with corporate world
IV. Career orientation
V. What are your expected benefits for
MGT 498C?