Internship Reflective: Learning and Growth through Internationalisation

This report is a reflective essay on the author's internship experience in a reputed firm, focusing on internationalisation and its impact on their learning and growth. It discusses different internationalisation models and provides recommendations for the placement process. The report also includes the author's action plan for future career development. Course code, name, and college/university are not mentioned.

INTERNSHIP REFLECTIVE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
Internationalisations element of the placement and recommendation.........................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Internship reflection are referring as to the paper which have all information by following
basic essay structure which allow for the basic description of internship and it will explain how
my experience helped in order to achieved the goal (Degenhardt, 2020). Also, it is helped for
contributing for the organisation which and its experience for professional as well as personal
growth. The report is based on internationalisation theoretical framework which are including
three model such as the Uppsala internationalisation, TCA (the transaction cost analysis) and
born global. Further, the recommendation will have provided for placement process. Lastly,
report concluded about my experience for internship and the future career goals.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
This report is being based on my internship in which I have learnt and experienced a lot at
that time I haves uses my skill and knowledge at the practical level. Also, I have worked for 6
months under the business analyst in reputed firm. Alsop, it has been analysed that there are well
experienced people are there in the company and have cooperative nature. According to the
Gibbs model of reflection I can express in the report on the basis of six major steps such as
description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. This model is developed
in 1988 for giving the perfect structure of learning also it offers different types of framework
which are examine the experience in order to plan for further plan (Pecoraro, 2021).
The first stage is related to the description in which I can briefly explain what happed on
that time and I joined that’s firm. When I was in the third semester our college expected to start
internship in the reputed company so I have search a lot and there are several options given by
the college side. I applied and got selected for internship position under the business analyst, I
have keen interest in the business and in future I will start my own. Also, the place nearby from
home so it was convenient for me as well as there are more than 200 employees are work
together at one floor and all the work managed by HR manager, team leader and employees who
are on senior positive. There was functional organisation structure were followed by the
company. I was the only one who was selected for the organisation, at the first day one
presentation was given by the HR manager in order to briefly explains about the organisations
(Romriell, 2020). There are large number of people are working in the industry in UK as well as
nearby countries. All the rules and regulation were understood by me related to office timing,

break-time, how to connect with other in polite manner etc. The formalities are completed by me
in order to provide them information related to my interest also I have signed on the papers
which are necessary for the intern. there were many interns who haves joined the firm from the
different colleges.
Here, I will express my feeling at that situation and how it can be impacted during the
internship, at the first day I was nervous because I never visited that’s kind of organisation
earlier. But I was quite happy after meet my senior who have explained me the work and divided
the work according to interest of people (Wickam, 2018). Also, all the interns are new so
everyone has their own personality to show towards the work. The first assignment was to collect
the data for past four years on the basis of construction company project. Then I work on the
assignment with starting from searching and discussed with other interns. I was stuck at some
period at that’s time my senior help me in further then I was able to completed the task. I have
submitted and get good reaction from senior. Also, they appreciate my work in front of others
also before starting the new task I was join the meeting in the board room that are explaining
their flow cart of doing the work and brief about the work. I feel satisfied by at that’s place and
the office timing is 9.00 am to 6.00 pm in which one hour for lunch break and half an hour tea
break. In the tea break all the employees are seated together and have their tea and gossip for
some period (Adeani, Febriani and Syafryadin, 2020). At that time everyone gets feel free to
talk. Now I have realised that’s this was one of the biggest opportunity I have ever get and it help
in improving my skill and knowledge for the future.
The third stage is related to the evaluation; in which I will describe about my experience for
how much I was honest for my work. In this stage both the positive and negative aspect will be
explaining. In order to positive experience I have already discussed at the stage two and
furthermore I was build my skill such as time management, marketing skill etc. When I was in
college I was not punctual because I was lazy at that time then in the corporate sector I changed
my behaviour and manages the time accordingly (Saridakis, Idris, Hansen and Dana, 2019).
There are so many people who are likely to change after doing job also, the thigs were worked
well and good in fact the group member are able to produced good quality of work before
deadline. Also, there are 2 people in the group who are taking serous the project and work
according to their mood. So that I analysed that they are always disturb me while submitted the
project because of them they impacted negative on the senior because I was the leader. I

motivate them to completed the work on time also it helps me in developing the skill of team
management. Before that I was always work only in the situation where I can match my
strengths but now I would like to work with any situation. Sometimes I get stress but at the day
results matters. Furthermore, I have searched from the academic literature on the basis of group
work and I developed the knowledge accordingly. Then I have learnt about the delegation of
work according to the will power of the person. At that situation I have learned about the skill
and development theory that explain about groupthink. perception of the people is matter where
there is working in the team (Tawanwongsri and Phenwan, 2019). According to the groupthink
there are people who have raises their opinion and make the decision accordingly. After that’s I
was completed the team work on time and senior get impressed because I took time for learning
all the aspect of the people.
It is the important step that is related to analysis and I have get the idea about what I am
doing with the situations and how to faces it. It was the best opportunity for to develop my skill
and knowledge. To analyse the delegations of people I have analysed that there are some of the
people who are likely to give their thought accordingly and work by their own. Further, there are
some of the skill on which I would like developed in the upcoming 2 months because it will help
me in furthers organisation. The pandemic situations are not making us hopeless so I will join the
online courses for the digital marketing. It will cover all the related topics which are important
for the business purposes.
The another stage is related to the conclusion in which I can concluded about the situation in
which I have learnt and experienced a lot, I was fresher for that place and still a lot of knowledge
and get best experience. I have realised about the perception of people and important it is for the
team work (Mello and Wattret, 2021). Also, it has been analysed that’s there are many people
who are going to work in the same environment with the different responsibility. Further, I have
learnt about the strength and build the good relation with the everyone at the workplace. I
handled the assignment and completed on timer so that it helps in order to get placement for the
same place with good amount of salary. Moreover, from the college time I was not able to talk
with people easily but now I improved the communication skill and it was help me for every
second of the projects. Overall, I would like to developing my knowledge with the same
organisations. I need to develop my digital skill because at some point I was lacks because I have

not experienced with that’s skill. I will join online course in order to explore more. Also, all the
team member is pleased because they get best leader who were always support in any situations.
Last stage is related to the action plans for working in the same or other organisation in
order to explore more and get best experience. I am thankful of the organisations who has given
me the wonderful chance. For more knowledge I will join more courses which can help me in
further project. Then I have joined my college Greenwich for the fourth semester and I will start
learning the academic knowledge. Then I will join the same organisation for explore more and as
the employee. It has been 4 months to developing extras knowledge which are necessary for
corporate sector. Also, I will make the action plan for more courses and collect the knowledge
from the academic literature (Nguyen and Mort, 2020).
Internationalisations element of the placement and recommendation.
Internationalisation is related to the process in which the firm can expand the business
outside the domestic (national) market. There are so many organisations who are operating the
business internationally by providing good placements to the students after their studies. There
are different types of internationals business theory which are supporting this market such as
follows:
The Uppsala internationalizations model
This modal deals with entering in new market for investing in the single country rather
than two or more in order to developing the internationalisation level. According to Johanson
and Wiedersheim-paul in the year 1975 it has been distinguishing on the basis of 4 different
modes for an entering into international marketing in which successive stages are represented the
higher degrees of the international market commitment.
Stage 1: No regular export activities (sporadic export)
At this stage it has been analyses that’s there are exporting through the agent who are
independent agent on the basis of suitable way for entering into the new market for most of the
firm by preferring the way of enter (Metsola and Plakoyiannaki, 2020). The placement through
independent agent are important or also helps for enhancing the knowledge and experience.
There are large number of organizations who are likely to send the student outside the nation for
further job. Further, there are opportunities and threats are examined in order to examine the new
market and it is very important to analyzed the market where there are already people were
working.

Stage 2: Export via independent representatives (export modes).
This stage is related to exporting the students who are exporting on the basis of
independent that can be suitable in order to entering in the new market for most of firm that are
prefer the different way of entry. There is most preferable stage which there is fast entry and also
the risk are comparatively low and the licensing and franchising which are help in order to fast
entry with the low expenditure and low risk (Gao and Sun, 2022). Also, there are partnership
and strategic alliance for the advantages shared the cost, reducing the risk, investment on seen as
the local entrant.
Stage 3: Establishment of a foreign sales subsidiary
There are different types of foreign subsidiary which are established in the corporate
foothold that are related to specific overseas company at the time of primarily boosting tax
benefits, revenues ands also diversify the company’s asset and also help to manage the risk. It is
important to take the legal entry with the help of legal entity because there are so people who are
not take care of the situation. Additionally, it has been realized that there are many local
presences in the foreign country who are not going to corporate in the new market where
students are place from other country.
Stage 4: Foreign production/manufacturing units
In the last stages it is related to the productions in which there are international markets
are dealing with the productions of services and goods in the international market and location.
This is also involving the process of management in which there are considerations taken by
labor and capital market for the necessities of the international customer (Arvidsson and
Arvidsson, 2019). There are some of the international company which are providing placement
to the students who are likely to provide opportunities to the students outside the nations. Coco-
coal, amazon, Citi group, etc. are one of the major organizations which are offering job to more
and more international students.
The transaction cost analysis (TCA) model

TCA are related to the word which are used for the institutional investors that are study of
trade prices in order to determine whether trade is favourably arranged at high price as well as
low price for the sales. Also, this model is arguing on the cost minimisations explain the
structural and international decisions. It is important to focus on the firm boundaries for this
theory aims in order to answer all the questions for activities which are occur in the market also
they would occur in the firm. There are majorly three types of cost which are related to the real
market such ass search and information cost that are associated on the basis of looking on the
relevant information which can be meeting with this agent are take place the transaction
accordingly (Gundelach and Hansen, 2020). Along with this, bargaining cost are important with
the policies and enforcement cost. In context to organisations it has been analysed that there are
different types of model are used in the model which are allowed for managing complex
information related to the parties or customers. Also, there are commercial community which are
including location, organisation other network for the hierarchical order. for developing the
transaction costs, it will be impact on the position of the placement as well as the nation where
the placement is going to be occurred.
Born global

It is the company which are beginning for the activities that pursue for the vision of changing
globalizes rapidly without preceding the long-term internationalisation as well as domestic
period. There are many example of born global such as; Google, Skype, Facebook etc. There are
distinctive characteristics of the firms there is high activity in the international market near or
from funding and there is limited financial and tangible resource also there is present across most
of the industries. In this there are managers who have the strong international outlook which are
also related to the international entrepreneurial orientation (Civelek, Guenther and Zimmermann,
2020). Usually there are technology-oriented company which provide placement to the MBA
students in the reputed firm. It is important to get the placement by that kind of organisation.
Also, it gives the opportunities and help to face the challenges which are helps in that type of
company.
Further, there are different types of companies which are beginning in order to provide
training for the students who wants to placed outside the nation. The main advantage of that type
of firm is related to the continued growth because there is no chance for providing the growth to
the industry (Andersson, Evers and Gliga, 2018). There are two types of environment are in the
manager’s characteristics for external as well as internal, in the internal market there are related
to foreign market conditions or known as the industry sector. In the internal environment it has

been analysed that there are firm human and financial resources, global management and
knowledge on the basis of learning.
Recommendation
It has been recommending that internationalisation should be use the strategies on the basis of
some elements such as target market, market entry strategy, timing, allocation and coordination.
According to the report it has been analysed that the firm should help on the basis of Uppsala
model because there are particular stages which are important to follow. In order to explains the
incremental nature of the process that are formulated for the dynamic model. Further, firm based
theoretical framework are help to collected for the related ideas which can be serve as the
foundation for the research in order to development of the corporate endeavour or strategy
among other thing. It helps to maintain growth of the industry as well as it provides employment
to the people who have interest for going outside for the job.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded that there is different type of situation faced by the student in which
being a MBA student it is very important to join the internship in the third semester. The report
is based on the on the student who have completed their internship from the reputed firm. The
internship was related to the business analyst in which I have gained knowledge and also get best
experience. There were many interns who have joined but I was the team leader and get good
opportunities for leading the team. It has been concluded that there are different types of
situation which are faced by the student during the internship. Also, but can be the great
opportunity which are helped in further knowledge. I was very bad at time management when I
was in college but later I have learnt a lot from the internship assignment there are so many
problems are faced by me because of miss management but afters get support of my senior I
have completely focused on the work.
The internship journey has contributed me in the life because there is the best experience
which I have ever get. There is great knowledge which I have learnt also it helps in further
process of job. At the time of fourth semester I completed, my internship and get placement from
same organisation. Further, the report concluded about the meaning of internalisations that is
related to the process by which the firm are expand the business outside the domestic market.
There re so many industries which airs help for the placement process in outside the country with
good level of income and knowledge. Also, there airs three types of model are used in the report

such as Uppsala internationalisation, transaction cost analysis and born global. From all the
theory there are most important is related to Uppsala model of internationalisation because there
are particular stages which are important for the developing the international level. Also,
analysed that there are particular stages that help for the further commitment in the market. I can
relate from all of the stages because there are no regular activities which are help in the export
activities. Moreover, the career goals are related to the getting good position in the business as
well as I want to start my own business in the near future. That is why the internship period are
help a lot and help to getting knowledge in order to maintain good position. It is very important
to getting good position in the market as well as organisations. this internship re help to build the
career and also it has support me in learning different types of other courses such as digital
marketing course which are help in further digital marketing courses.

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