Internship Report IHRM

The curriculum focusses on competency- and practice based learning. This is most obvious in the internship:

• In which the student systematically works on his ability to act adequately in various situations – integrating knowledge, attitude and skills;
• In which this ability needs to be shown in professional role behavior;
• In which real life work situations are the starting point.

During the internship, the student will carry out activities under the supervision of a supervisor at the organization and a supervisor from the School of Applied Psychology and HRM, thus learning by doing. This also implies the student will perform activities/tasks multiple times in order to reach the level of a starting professional.

Any internship is a learning cycle, in which the student will gain learning experiences that will take his professional skills to a higher level. During the internship you continue to work on both the general and the specific professional competencies in the HRM profession.

Personal Professional Development (PPD)

During the monthly sessions with their internship teacher, students’ personal (learning) development during the internship is central. The intern should become more aware of the experiences and demands encountered during the internship period, relating to the profession and position, by means of self-reflection on one’s own attitude and behavior.

Organizational analysis

During the internship, the student has to write a mandatory assignment which is called the organizational analysis. The organizational analysis consists of an analysis of the organization and writing an advisory report regarding a current and relevant HRM-related issue within the organization. By writing this assignment, the student has to examine the host organization in a very analytical matter.