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How to write your Field Work Report

How to write your Field Work Report. Mandari Herman CIT Department Institute of Finance Management. Field Work Report Structure. 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

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How to write your Field Work Report

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  1. How to write your Field Work Report Mandari Herman CIT Department Institute of Finance Management

  2. Field Work Report Structure • 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-sub-heading are Heading 2

  3. Field Work Report Structure Heading 1 (16px) Heading 2 (14px) Heading 3 (13px)

  4. Report Format • 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

  5. Executive Summary • Instructions • 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.

  6. 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)

  7. 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 Software installation (Heading 3) 2.2.2 Client support; site visits (Heading 3) 2.2.3 Database Administration (Heading 3) 2.2.n 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)

  8. 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 (2006)……………………

  9. Chapter 3 (Heading 1) Literature Review (Heading 1) 3.3 Another task (Heading 2) [14px] 3.4 Chapter summary/ conclusion (Heading 2) [14px]

  10. 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)

  11. 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)

  12. References (Heading 1) • Use IEEE Reference Style • How you are supposed to cite your references: • Format: • Surname, Initial, Year. “Name of the book”, Edition, “Name of the publisher”, City. • Example: • Sharma P., 2004. “Enterprise Resource Planning”, Fifth Edition, APH, New Delhi • If there are two authors: • 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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