Department of Management Studies

Jahangirnagar University

Guidelines for Report Writing

Format of Report

1. Blank Page

2. Title Fly

3. Title Page (Not to be paginated but counted as ‘i’ and subsequent pages will be

paginated with Roman numbers up to the page ahead of Introduction)

4. Letter of Transmittal

5. Executive Summary (The summary part contains four paragraphs including

objectives, methodology, findings and conclusion)

6. Acknowledgement
7. Table of Contents

8. List of Tables

9. List of Figures

10. List of Abbreviation/Notations/Glossary of Terms

11. References

12. Appendices

13. Blank Page

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Text of Report (Chapters)

The followings are the common heads (general guideline) not necessarily you will have to fill
everything, at the same time you can include any other things if you think relevant.

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study/Origin of the Report

1.2 Problem Statement (Optional)

1.3 Report Objectives (Broad and Specific)

1.4 Scope of the Report

1.5 Limitations of the Report

1.6 Organization/Structure of the Report

Chapter 2: Methodology

2.1 The Report Design

2.2 Questionnaire Development

2.3 Data Collection Procedure

2.4 Data Processing Procedure

Chapter 3: Industry Overview (Optional)

Chapter 4: Company/Organizational Overview

Chapter 5: Literature Review (Theoretical Aspects)

It is critical reviews of literature and theories related to the topic of the internship. This

chapter discusses and evaluates scholarly sources of information (such as books, book

chapters, conference papers, journal articles, and theses) in relation to a particular subject

area. Literature selected must be related to the research as a base to guide the development of

research framework. Accordingly, hypotheses/propositions should be developed.

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Chapter 6: Practicing Aspects of the Topic at the Chosen Organization

This chapter should analyze and describe the existing practices of issues of the selected topic

from the context of the organization.

Chapter 7: Findings and Discussion

This chapter should compare the Theoretical Aspects (Literature Review) and the Practicing

Aspects of all relevant issues in relation to the selected topic. The comparison should lead to

identifying the important mismatches (both positive and negative aspects) between the

theoretical aspects and prevailing practices. The mismatches should be clearly presented and

described as Findings of the report, which should be followed by the discussion on the

significance of the findings and their theoretical, practical and policy implications.

Chapter 8: Recommendation and Conclusion

Recommendation should be written based on the negative/ drawbacks of the organizational

practices in relation to the internship topic. Specific suggestions should be made indicating

how to overcome the drawbacks.

A concluding remark should also be included addressing the followings:

What is the strongest and most important statement that you can make from your

observations?

Refer back to problem posed, and describe the conclusions that you reached from

carrying out this investigation, summarize new observations, new interpretations, and

new insights that have resulted from the present work.

Include the broader implications of your results.

Do not repeat word for word the abstract, introduction or discussion.

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Technical Specification

1. Word Limit: Not more than 40,000 words.

2. Font Style & Size: Times New Roman, 12

3. Spacing: Double

4. Text Alignment: Justified

5. Page Number: Pages should be consecutively numbered (bottom center).

6. Margin: For binding purposes, the left margin should be at least 4cm (1.5 inch) and

the right, top and bottom margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).

7. Pagination: Each page in the term paper, including those in the appendices must be

numbered consecutively. All pages should be numbered at the bottom of the page.

Preliminary pages preceding Introduction must be numbered in Roman numerals (i, ii,

iii). The Title Page should not be numbered though it is counted as page i. Page 1

begins with the first page of the Introduction (or Chapter 1) but not numbered.

Subsequent pages should be numbered beginning with page 2. Arabic numerals (1, 2,

3) are used on the pages of the text and supplementary sections.

8. Chapter Layout: A chapter may be divided into major sections and subsections. A

major section is numbered with the First level 1, 2, 3 and subsection is numbered (1.1,

1.1.1, 1.1.2). This should be consistent throughout the thesis and to be limited to 3

levels if possible.

9. Symbol for Percentage: The symbol % may be used in place of the word percent,

e.g., 43%. If the candidate uses 43 percent, consistency should be maintained.

10. Paper Type and Quality: The standard paper size is A4 and must be of good quality

(80gm).

11. Referencing Style: APA 7th Version.