IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject (*) BUSINESS PRACTICALS Code 16675501
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
9 Optional work placement 2Q
Language
Català
Department Economics
Business Management
Coordinator
MOLINA COBO, MARÍA DEL CARMEN
BARBERÀ MARINÉ, MARIA GLÒRIA
E-mail gloria.barbera@urv.cat
mcarmen.molina@urv.cat
susana.iranzo@urv.cat
Lecturers
BARBERÀ MARINÉ, MARIA GLÒRIA
MOLINA COBO, MARÍA DEL CARMEN
IRANZO SANCHO, SUSANA
Web http://www.fee.urv.cat/estudiants/practiquesestud/estudcurric/index_master.html
General description and relevant information The course of Business Practicals aims to promote the acquisition of competencies in order to prepare the student for the exercise of professional activities, facilitate their employment and promote their entrepreneurial capacity.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and complex contexts.
 CT5 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences.
 CT6 Develop skills to manage career development.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and complex contexts.
 CT5 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences.
 CT6 Develop skills to manage career development.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Selection technique and assignment
Procedures
IMPORTANT: In order to apply to the subject "Business Internships" it is mandatory to have knowledge of Spanish.

Registration and application of the placement site

The student will have to:

1. Enroll Business Practicals.

2. Register in the Hera application, application of practices of the Faculty of Economics and Business (https://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/hera/registre/estudiant) and attach the CV.

3. Enter Hera your request where you can check the complete list of the placement sites (https://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/hera/accounts/login/?next=/hera/estudiant). To complete the application you will need:

3.1 Select and order a minimum of internship places.

3.2 Prioritize the additional criteria of location, profile and schedule of the practice site. These criteria will only be used in the event that you can not assign any of the job placements selected in the previous step.

Process of assigning the internship positions

The provisional allocation of the places of practice will be based on the student's academic record. The definitive allocation depends on the acceptance by the collaborating entity of the assigned candidate.

You can consult the practice site assigned to the Hera application.

Deadlines

Enrollment: within the term set by the URV

Application for internships: from February 18 to 20, 2019

Assignment: February 22, 2019


Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Selection/assignation of an external work experience programme
0 3 3
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring external work experience
CT6
2 0 2
Work placement
CT4
CT5
CT6
0 216 216
Report
CT5
0 3 3
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Specific action plan / execution
  Description
Introductory activities There will be a minimum of two informative sessions. The first, before the period of application of internship positions with the coordination of practices. The second, before the start of the internship, once the place of internships, with the academic tutor and the coordination of internships.
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring external work experience The mechanisms for coordination and follow-up of the practicals are carried out with the participation of the different agents involved: the team of coordination of practices of the FEE, the academic tutors and the collaborating entity, and the students. The following section details these mechanisms.
Work placement The practicals will be developed during 11 weeks, lasting 4 hours a day, in the morning and afternoon, or just in the morning, depending on each place of practice. The non-school period of Easter will interrupt the activity of practices.
Report The student will make a final report, which must include: the description of planned tasks and those actually carried out as well as the assessment of the competences developed.

Coordination and monitoring mechanisms
Es durà a terme una coordinació interna (per part de la universitat) i una coordinació externa (per part del centre de pràctiques).
Description

IMPORTANT: In order to apply to the subject "Business Internships" it is mandatory to have knowledge of Spanish.

The agents involved in the coordination and follow-up of the External Practices of the Faculty of Economics and Business are:

A. The team of coordination of Business Practicals

The coordination team is formed by the Coordinator of Business Practicals and Job Exchange of the FEE and the Responsible for External Internships curricular, and is in charge of:

• Organize the mechanisms for the recruitment and selection of collaborating entities

• Fix all the terms of the different procedures linked to the Business Practicals

• Make informational sessions for students previous to the Registration of Business Practicals

• Review the profiles and activities planned in each practical site requested by the collaborating entities

• Assign an individual tutor to each student

• Request and generate the necessary documentation for the accomplishment of the Business Practicals

• Carry out informative sessions with students and academic tutors prior to the stay in student placements

• Support and coordinate the academic tutors

• Maintain contacts and meetings with those responsible for the practical programs of the collaborating entities

• Collect the suggestions of all the agents involved in the practicals, directly and through the sending of satisfaction surveys

• Fill in the academic records with the qualifications communicated by the tutors

• Review the PR-FEE-010 process and propose its modification, if applicable

• Assign accounts to the Faculty Board

B. Academic tutors of the Faculty of Economics and Business

Academic tutors, teachers of the FEE, are in charge of tutoring the students assigned for the coordination during the entire stay. The tutor must:

• Conduct a minimum of two face-to-face meetings with the student during their internship

• Conduct a minimum of two face-to-face meetings with the tutor of the collaborating entity at the headquarters of the entity

• Communicate to the coordination of practicals any incidence that requires of their knowledge, or any change with respect to the initial characteristics of the formative project.

• Qualify the student according to the criteria set in this teaching guide (based on the assessment provided by the collaborating entity, the assessment of the final report of the student and the assessment of the compliance and attitude of the student during the development of the practicals)

• Transfer all the documentation derived from the qualification of the student to the coordination of practicals

• Carry out a follow-up report on the coordination that has been carried out with each of the collaborating entities

C. Tutors of the collaborating entities

The tutor of the collaborating entity will be responsible for monitoring the student assigned during the whole period of stay of the student in his organization respecting the agreed training project. The guardian of the collaborating entity must:

• Facilitate the personal and professional development of the student

• Meet with the academic tutor, in the place where the student develops the practicals, at least twice.

• Communicate to the academic tutor any aspect that is considered relevant in the development of the practicals, especially any change in the agreed training project or the student's journeys to the internship office.

• Make a final report about the student that includes an explicit assessment of the competences provided in the Business Practicals. This report will be discussed at the last meeting with the academic tutor.

• Respond to a satisfaction survey

D. Students

The student, in order to make possible the correct monitoring and coordination of their practicals, must:

• Know the operation and schedule of practicals

• Attend informative sessions

• Comply with the obligations arising from the signing process of your agreement

• Develop the tasks entrusted to you during your stay in practicals

• Inform your academic tutor promptly of any aspect that you consider relevant to your learning

• Inform your academic tutor of any modification with respect to the one set forth in the signed agreement (tasks, tutor, timetable ...), especially if you have to move from your seat during the internship.

• Attend face-to-face meetings with your academic tutor

• Make a final report of your stay in practicals

• Respond to a satisfaction survey


Evaluation criteria and procedures
Es durà a terme una avaluació interna (per part de la universitat), una valoració externa (per part del centre de pràctiques) i una autovaloració (per part de l’estudiant).
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring external work experience
CT6
Assessment of the student's compliance and attitude on the part of the academic tutor. This assessment will have a score of 0 if the student has not responded to the satisfaction survey requested by the coordination of the practicals within the expected period. 10%
Work placement
CT4
CT5
CT6
Assessment of the competences foreseen in the development of Business Practicals by the tutor of the collaborating entity. 70%
Report
CT5
Evaluation of the Student's Final Report on the internship. The Report must include the description of the tasks carried out and its evaluation related to the planned competences. 20%
Others

An internal assessment (by the university) will be carried out, an external evaluation (by the center of internships) and a self-evaluation (by the student).

 
Other comments and second exam session

The Business Practicals have a SINGLE CALL.

The Business Practicals DO NOT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CALL.

In certain cases, Business Practicals can be recognized. All the information on the RECOGNITION of the Business Practicals can be found on the website of the Faculty of Economics and Business http://www.fee.urv.cat/estudiants/practiquesestud/estudcurric/index.html


Sources of information

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Other comments
IMPORTANT: In order to apply to the subject "Business Internships" it is mandatory to have knowledge of Spanish. Cal que l'estudiant consulti la Normativa de Pràctiques Externes de la FEE (http://www.fee.urv.cat/media/upload/arxius/facultat/junta/normatives_centre/normativa_practiques_fee.pdf)
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.