How to write your Field Work Report

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How to write your Field Work Report

• Mandari Herman
• CIT Department
• Institute of Finance Management

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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

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Field Work Report Structure

• Heading 1 (16px)
• Heading 2 (14px)
• Heading 3 (13px)

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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

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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.

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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 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)

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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 peoples 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)

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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)

• 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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Questions