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Fieldwork Report
Fieldwork Report
BY
KIMERA JOHNPAUL
B/14/U/773/PS
DPPM
SUPERVISED BY
(ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR)
DECEMBER, 2015
DEDICATION
I dedicate this report to my uncle Kimera Patrick and Mr. Lutaakome Kayiira Mathias for being
a pillar of strength for me and to always being there for me whenever I needed advise.
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DECLARATION
I Kimera Johnpaul hereby declare from the bottom tips of my heart that the information
presented in here is my original work and have not been submitted to any university or any other
institution of learning.
Signature…………………………
Date………………………………
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APPROVAL
I certify that this report was compiled under my guidance and is now ready for submission for
academic purposes.
Signature………………………… Date…………………………………..
(Academic Supervisor)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This report is as a result of many individuals. This all process has not been an easy journey to
walk but it is because of these people that the intern managed to go through all the hardships and
accomplish it successfully.
First and foremost, the intern would like to give praise to the good Lord for the gift of life and
Secondary, to the management and staff of St. Lucia Hill school Namagoma f or granting me an
My thanks would not be complete without making mention of my friends and family especially
my uncle Kimera Patrick an all my fellow interns who supported and encouraged me throughout
this period and for that the intern will never forget you.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEDICATION..................................................................................................................................i
DECLARATION.............................................................................................................................ii
APPROVAL...................................................................................................................................iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..............................................................................................................iv
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................vii
CHAPTER ONE............................................................................................................................1
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background of field attachment.................................................................................................1
1.2 Objectives of Field Attachment.................................................................................................1
1.3 Background of St. Lucia Hill School.........................................................................................2
1.4 Location.....................................................................................................................................2
1.5 Vision.........................................................................................................................................2
1.6 Mission......................................................................................................................................2
1.7 Department of placement...........................................................................................................3
1.8 Organization structure...............................................................................................................4
CHAPTER TWO...........................................................................................................................5
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE INTERN....................................................................5
2.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Activities Undertaken................................................................................................................5
CHAPTER THREE.......................................................................................................................7
LESSONS LEARNT, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES..............................................................7
3.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Skills attained by the intern.......................................................................................................7
3.2 Lessons leant..............................................................................................................................8
3.3 Experiences................................................................................................................................9
CHAPTER FOUR.......................................................................................................................11
CHALLENGES, ENJOYMENTS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS............................................11
4.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................................11
4.1 challenges and limitations.......................................................................................................11
4.1.1 Personal challenges...............................................................................................................11
4.1.2 Organization challenges........................................................................................................12
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4.2 Enjoyments..............................................................................................................................12
4.3 Disappointments......................................................................................................................13
CHAPTER FIVE.........................................................................................................................14
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS....................................................................14
5.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................14
5.1.0 Recommendations.................................................................................................................14
5.1.1 To St. Lucia Hill School.......................................................................................................14
5.2 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCE...............................................................................................................................16
APPENDICES..............................................................................................................................17
Appendix I: Copy of acceptance letter..........................................................................................18
Appendix II: Sample of the log book............................................................................................19
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The intern carried out my industrial training at St. Lucia Hill School Namagoma in the finance
department. The purpose of this internship was to enable me apply theoretical work into practical
work, understand business ethics, behaviors and responsibilities as well as getting knowledge
and skills as well as being able to gain experience with the working environment.
During my stay at St. Lucia, the intern was able to gain a lot of skills and experience from the
professional that the intern worked with for example communication skills, interpersonal skills,
ICT practices among others and also got a chance to improve on the few skills that the intern had
attained.
Chapter one of this report contains organization backgrounds of my placements St. Lucia Hill
School, location organization structure, mission, vision, values and objectives of the
organization. Chapter two talks about the activities carried out during my stay at St. Lucia which
include balancing books of accounts, reconciling books of accounts, preparing receipts for the
students who paid their fees from school among others while chapter three entails the lessons,
skills and experiences the intern got from the placement. Chapter four presents the challenges
faced, limitations, enjoyments and disappointments the intern encountered in the organizations as
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
This chapter introduces the organization where the intern carried out her field attachment
training. It briefly describes the background of field attachment, objectives of the field
attachment, mission, vision, goals, organizational structure and services of the organization. The
intern carried out his field attachment training from St. Lucia Hill School Namagoma for a
they are expected to perform on the completion of their training. Field attachment training is a
requirement by the national council of higher education for the acquisition of the awards of the
academic certificates by the institutions of higher learning in Uganda for example University
level. This is so because the national council is responsible for releasing highly trained and
competent graduates to the job markets in the employment sector to better the quality of
employee reliability in the country at large. While at the training, the student is able to participate
in the daily running of the business operations in the organization where they get placement so
that they are able to apply all he knowledge acquired theoretically during the course of the
program.
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To enable students meet potential employers and also improve their social live as during the
training they are able to meet fellow students coming from other institutions.
To deliver strong and result oriented employees in the job market thus meeting the demands
To help the students understand the business ethics and also improve their livelihood as
during the training, students are able to meet many people who can be of help in their lives.
started with only ordinary level but later it upgraded to even the advanced level. It is a Christian
based secondary school and it offers both arts and sciences subjects.
1.4 Location
The school is located about 10 miles away from Kampala city along Masaka road, is barely a
1.5 Vision
“To build a solid foundation of excellence, spiritual, emotional, intellectual and social abilities.”
1.6 Mission
“To provide positive learning environment that will encourage academic excellence, creativity
and intellectual curiosity in harmony with each individual abilities and interests.”
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1.7 Department of placement
The intern was attached to the accounting section and that is the bursar’s office. This deals with
all the finances of the institution for example issuing of receipts to the payments made, preparing
the profit and loss accounts, reconciling the bank statements with the cash books among others.
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1.8 Organization structure
Board of Directors
Director of studies
Class Teacher
Student Leaders
Students
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CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Introduction
This chapter explains the various activities and assignments undertaken by the intern throughout
the training period at St. Lucia Hill School Namagoma that took the intern two months.
The intern also got opportunity to work with the school bursar of St. Lucia Hill School where he
had to balance the books of accounts daily. The intern received money from the students and he
had to update their balances in the organization’s system using a computer as well as issuing
receipts to students.
The intern also was able to reconcile the cash book records with the bank statements of centenary
and equity bank for the months of May and June. This helped the intern to exercise the skills
Customer care
The intern carried out customer care services to the clients of the organization for example the
parents and guardians of the students by directing them to the relevant offices to their problems.
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Stock taking
The intern was also able to calculate physically the laboratory equipment, available library
books, and furniture. The intern also counted the all the school asset and this information was
Supervision of examinations
The intern also got a chance to supervise the students during examination periods. The intern got
a chance by the time he started his period the students were in mocks examinations.
Meetings
The intern also got an opportunity to have meetings with the Head teacher and he tried to explain
him some of the leadership styles and the different challenges being faced by the organization.
These meetings were organized by the administration for the interns to assess their abilities and
also get to know to know some of the challenges they face during their training.
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CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Introduction
This chapter emphasizes the skills, experiences, and lessons learnt by the intern during his
During field attachment training period, the intern learnt punctuality and the meaning of time
Writing skills
The intern got to learn writing skills as he was given assignments to type and print out
requisition forms and memos in case of any information that the administration would like to put
across.
Listening skills
The intern developed good listening skills since working in a sensitive office needed much
attention to avoid making mistakes especially when it came to recording figures. More so taking
time listening to what my field supervisor had to say and take actions respectively. This did a
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Interpersonal skills
The intern got the opportunity to relate to different people, for example my fellow interns,
workmates, and the clients. He was able to learn their different characteristics and personalities
whether good or bad I had to admit and try to understand them accordingly.
Communication skills
The intern also learnt to interact with different kinds of people verbally or non-verbal for
example making phone calls, letter wring, exchanging phone calls among others. The intern also
learnt different people have different attitudes, behaviors and emotions. For example you listen
The intern gained knowledge in working with a professional environment with highly qualified
individuals. The intern got an opportunity to work with highly qualified human resource
managers and accountants with vast amount of knowledge and experience. The intern learnt how
to behave in a real working environment for example dressing, he ay to speak among others.
Time management
The intern was able to learn how to manage time better since he was required to always report at
work by 8am as well as signing in an attendance book at the time of arrival and departure for
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Fear and respect to the superiors
The intern learnt that it is very important to always fear and respect our superiors in the
organization for the smooth running of the organization activities and also it is good for the
Importance of customers
The intern was also able to learn the importance of a client to an organization. He learnt how to
sweetly handle customers, customer’s satisfaction as well as getting new customers during the
period in the field and the meetings he hard with different clients.
3.3 Experiences
Working in profession environment
The intern gained experience in working with profession environment that has got highly
qualified individuals. The intern got an opportunity of taking to highly qualified personalities and
this helped him to improve on his skills and confidence in doing profession jobs.
This training period introduced the intern to hands on skills and handling of documents like
cashbooks, cheaque books, payment voucher which I had known about theoretically. The intern
Monitoring
The intern was able to supervise the payments paid by the students in the school so as to be able
to calculate the balances of the students as well as those that have completed fees.
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Handling clients
The intern gained experience in handling different clients who came around to clear student’s
fees. Most clients were illiterate and required more attentions and explanations about the
The intern got an opportunity to work closely with the school bursar and he was able to prepare
the bank statements for the months of May and June and this gave him confidence while dealing
with reconciliatiations.
Drafting documents
The intern experienced in writing business formal documents like appointment letters, job
description forms, appraisal forms, loan ledgers, saving ledgers, etc which were challenging at
first.
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CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Introduction
This chapter presents the challenges and limitations, enjoyments and disappointments during the
The intern faced a challenge of some staff members who weren’t willing to offer their help by
giving the intern necessary information he wanted. This made it hard for the student to execute
some tasks especially on time. However some staff members were willing to share their
knowledge.
Rude clients
Some clients were rude and did not want to listen to what the intern had to say and as a result this
created inconveniences to the intern while accomplishing tasks. The intern always controlled
Repetitive work
The intern found it challenging and boring because he had to do the same piece of work every
day. The intern complained to her field supervisor anhe was often allocated to different
departments.
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4.1.2 Organization challenges
Too much paper work
Too much paper work at the organization made work become tiresome to the intern since many
documents had to be first filled. The intern always asked for help from his fellow interns to help
him finish his work on time. This can be solved by using a centralized computer database
management system in order to manage school documents hence reducing paper work
Limited computers
The organization lacked enough computers since more than two people could end up using one
computer hence the intern ended up not having enough practice. This caused delay in the
organization’s activities. The school should purchase more computers in order to eliminate the
Bureaucracy
The method of communication at the organization was a vertical one and this meant that
information had to travel through different departments before reaching the top.
This made decision making very difficult and also a burrier to the easy progress of the school
activities. The school management should delegate authority lower subordinates in order to
4.2 Enjoyments
Working in a reputable organization
Working with a famous school was a great honor for the intern among his peers because it made
the student feel good and respected working with the known school.
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Putting theory into practice
The intern was able to exercise the theoretical knowledge he acquired from the university and
tried to apply it in different tasks that he was assigned to by the field supervisor.
The intern enjoyed working with the field supervisor who made the training a success through
the continuous assistance and guidance he always provided. The guidance of Mr. Dominic was
The intern meets new people like workmates, fellow intern and company clients. This was so
interesting to the intern since he was able to learn different people’s behaviors and how to handle
them.
4.3 Disappointments
No allowance and welfare
No allowances were given to cater for the transport and lunch and yet the intern did loads of
work to complete within limited time thus getting disappointed when the work was incomplete.
The intern was sometimes told to carry out activities that that was not contributive to his field
training and he was so disappointed. However the intern did all these work without turning his
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CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Introduction
This chapter comprises of the recommendations and conclusions that the intern deems necessary
to St. Lucia. The information in this chapter is what the intern thinks the school administration of
St. Lucia and Makerere University Business School should work on to improve their services
5.1.0 Recommendations
The management of St. Lucia should provide avail the trainees with transport facilities in form of
money to enable them transport themselves daily and to do their training with ease.
Cooperation
The organization should be cooperative with the institution academic supervisor and give them a
Surprise visit
Students should be supervised at least thrice during the second months of training and students
do not need to be informed about the date and time for supervision so as to properly assess the
students with no exaggerations because other students finish before they meet their academic
supervisors.
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Place of attachment
The intern recommends the Makerere University Business School to engage in strategic alliances
with other corporate organizations so as to help those students without places of attachment to
Report format
Makerere University Business School should avail students with the standard format of the
5.2 Conclusion
The internship was a success because the intern managed to learn different lessons, skills, and
experience in the business world from the theoretical lectures he used to have. The place of
attachment was for a great importance to the intern since the field supervisor that was given to
him was ready to direct and share the knowledge with the intern. The intern enjoyed his
internship despite of some loopholes that came along like transport cost and doing an
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REFERENCE
www.stlucianamagoma.com
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APPENDICES
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Appendix I: Copy of acceptance letter
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Appendix II: Sample of the log book
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