Problems of Internship Opinions of the Management Undergraduates of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Abstract

Internship for management undergraduates in many universities in Sri Lanka is common. There are certain credits given to the internship of management undergraduates. However, there is no any mechanism used by the university or faculty or department to assess the effectiveness of undergraduates’ internship programme. Many interns in the management faculty in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura face various issues. There are no any empirical evidences found by the faculty or each department. Therefore, what are the problems of internship is the problem of this study concerned by the researchers. To find the internship issues is the main objective of this study. 243 management undergraduates who are studying at third and fourth years were the sample of the study. There were 25 questions asked to identify the issues of internship. The primary data were analysis using the univariate analysis. The main finding of the study was that there are many issues of internship relating to the organizational issues, internship oriented issues and individual issues. Based on the research findings, researchers suggest the appropriate internship programme for the purpose of enhancing the practical exposes of the management undergraduate.