Reference no: EM133743707

Professional Internship Specialisation

Company - Spirited thinking

Overview
This assignment aims to enhance your ability to plan a specific project that is relevant to your degree studies. The proposal is an agreement between yourself, your workplace supervisor and your academic coordinator. You are required to write a short proposal including project objectives/outcomes, appropriate strategies/actions to achieve the objectives, etc. to guide your work-based project while you are on internship.
By developing your Project Proposal, you are creating a clear learning path and parameters for the work-based project which forms part of your internship.

When developing this Project Proposal, make sure you have a conversation with your workplace supervisor to ensure they are in agreement with your proposed objectives/outcomes. It is important there is agreement between yourself and your supervisor as to what you hope to achieve. The intention is that the project will produce tangible outcomes, which both enhance your learning and are useful to your host organisation. Your supervisor will also be able to confirm whether your goals are realistic in their workplace environment, within the allocated timeframe and with the resources that are available. Please ensure you discuss all the evidence you plan to use with your supervisor, as there may be concerns with sensitive data or breaching confidentiality agreements.

At the end of the internship, you will present your project outcomes to your supervisor (in an oral presentation and report) where they will review and evaluate your performance in working towards your defined outcomes.

Learning Outcome 1: Apply disciplinary knowledge through the research, planning, design and implementation of a relevant work-based project in a professional environment.

Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate initiative and personal and professional leadership in a professional environment

Instructions

Your Project Proposal should be formatted as a short report, and include:

Project Background and Objectives (approximately 250 words)
This section introduces the project background (e.g. an issue to be addressed or a question to be answered in the project) and proposes 1 to 3 objectives/outcomes to address the issue/question. The objectives/outcomes should be practical, specific and clearly defined. The project should demonstrate your ability to complete specific tasks that are relevant to your degree studies.
Example issues and objectives/outcomes might be:
Compare and evaluate current induction processes for new graduates across the organisation.
Develop a current asset register for the organisation.

Proposed Strategies (approximately 250 words)
This section outlines the strategies and actions you plan to undertake to achieve each of the project objectives. When writing this section, consider the following:
What information and resources do you need to achieve the project objectives?
Where can you access the required information, or who do you need to approach to achieve the project objectives?
How do you plan to achieve the objectives?
Do you anticipate any of challenges?

Stakeholder Networking and Engagement Strategies (approximately 200 words)
To complete a project and produce a work-based report, you often need to network and engage with internal and/or external stakeholders. To develop your networking and engagement skills, you are required to develop appropriate networking strategies, including:
Identification of who will you need to network and engage with to assist you with completing the project?
Identification and implementation of strategies to support your professional networking and engagement with internal and/or external stakeholders to achieve your intended outcomes.
Consideration of what you might need to be aware of or be cautious of when interacting with stakeholders professionally?
Consideration of how to follow any particular code of conduct when interacting with stakeholders professionally

Performance indicators (approximately 100 words written in bullet points)
What are the indicators of performance? Your performance indicators are measurable/tangible indictors that will indicate the degree to which you have achieved your objectives. They might include the criteria to assess/evaluate the quality of a policy, strategy or system you have developed.
Evidence (approximately 100 words written in bullet points)

What evidence will you submit to demonstrate your achievement? Your evidence will be the tangible proof of your achievement, such as the actual policy, strategy or system you have developed. You are not required to submit evidence as part of assignment 1. This assignment requires you only to identify and nominate the types of evidence you anticipate you will be collecting.

Project Timeline (approximately 100 words, or present in a chart)
You may use words or a visual representation to outline your project schedule over the internship period. You need to demonstrate that your outcomes are realistic and achievable in the given timeframe.