Estágio/Projeto

The Internship / project curricular unit is governed by an internal regulation for the internship / project. 

As it is a curricular unit that integrates practical work, it is intended to consolidate, through observation and practice, the knowledge acquired and consolidated in the remaining course units.

The completion of the Internship | The project allows students to get in touch with real situations of intervention in the fields of management, as well as the application and dynamic updating of the acquired knowledge, resulting in solid training. In addition, ESTGOH has a vast network of protocols with relevant organizations, which allows a wide range of intervention contexts.

Divided between tutorial guidance activities and activities developed autonomously by the student.

Through the Internship Regulation | Project, the fundamental aspects and responsibilities of each stakeholder are defined: student, advisor, supervisor and School.

The Internship / Project aims to strengthen the School-Employer connection and facilitate the integration of students in the labor market;

The Internship / Project aims to provide students with technical and professional skills of a graduate in the management area and to facilitate their future integration in the labor market.

The Internship / Project also aims to awaken the entrepreneurial and proactive spirit of students in carrying out activities that are part of the respective work plans.

Knowing how to apply knowledge, skills and competences acquired in the remaining curricular units of the course, showing a professional approach to the work developed in the area of ​​Management;

Solve problems in the Management area and build and base your argument;

Be able to handle relevant information, particularly in the area of ​​Management, to support solutions and opinions;

Communicate with different audiences in the Management area;

Enhance professional insertion.

The student can choose between 1) an internship in a host organization and develop the diagnosis and / or problem solving there, showing a relevant contribution to the organization and 2) the realization of a project that focuses on the diagnosis of a problematic situation identified, in the study of a new problem or in the application of methods and instruments for solving a problematic situation already identified by others or by the student.

The study plan for the Degree in Management, approved by Order No. 4058/2017, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 91, of May 11, 2017, includes the existence of a final course unit called Internship / Project. This curricular unit consists of conducting an Internship at a host organization or a Project.

The organization and functioning of this UC is governed by its own internal regulation called the Regulation of the Internship / Project of the Degree in Management

The internship has a minimum duration of 12 weeks in an organization, public or private, indicated by the student or proposed by ESTGOH. The internship takes place in Portugal or abroad, as part of the Erasmus Internships mobility program.

In the project modality, a minimum duration is not defined. The orientation work is done by the responsible teachers and, in the case of the Internship, it is supervised by a specialist, a collaborator of the host organization, of recognized merit and with functional responsibility in the area of ​​intervention. The work plan is defined in close articulation between the advisor and the host entity.

In accordance with the operating regulations of the UC Internship / project, in its article 2

1. Internship is understood as the work carried out in an organizational environment, in a host entity, aiming at the application of knowledge and skills acquired in the study cycle, diagnosis and / or problem solving, evidencing a relevant contribution to the entity host.

2. The Project consists of an original work whose object is the integrated application of knowledge to situations of practical interest, and must involve the adoption of appropriate methodologies to solve a specific problem, within the scope of the knowledge areas of the study cycle, which may be developed in the context of a host entity.

In accordance with the operating regulations of the UC Internship / project, in its article 5

1. The Internship / Project has a total workload of 486 hours.

2. Training in the work context of the Internship must be at least 400 hours.

The Internship component | The project aims to apply knowledge in the face of new challenges that arise in the exercise of the profession. It is a curricular unit of professional insertion, in which it is intended that students are able to apply knowledge when confronted with the reality of the sector.

According to the regulations regarding the Bologna Process, the aim is thus to integrate knowledge, to know how to deal with complex issues, to develop solutions or to make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on the ethical and social implications and responsibilities that result from these solutions and judgments or condition them. For this reason, the tutorial orientation component is essential.

The final report is prepared following a strict set of rules and requirements defined by the teachers who teach the discipline, contained in a “Regulation”, presented and made available to students at the beginning of the school year.

The apprehension of knowledge in this curricular unit is divided between face-to-face and autonomous activities. The individual orientation of the works allows to guide and accompany the autonomous work developed by the student, encouraging his research capacity, as well as reflection, implementation of ideas and articulation of the theoretical research carried out in relation to the chosen theme for the Internship | Project.

In the internship component, the assessment made by the supervisor of the host institution will be taken into account. This curricular unit is essential for each student to be able to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and reasoning underlying them, whether to specialists or non-specialists, in a clear and unambiguous way.

The assessment includes the preparation and public defense of a reasoned report corresponding to the final grade of this UC. Previously, stages for its preparation are also defined and interim deliveries are established for evaluation.

The report is presented to a jury responsible for assigning the final classification. The supervisor's qualitative assessment is taken into account.

The final classification of the Internship will result from the application of the following formula:

CF = (AS x 0.20) + (AR x 0.80)
on what:
CF - final classification of the Internship;
AS - evaluation of the student's performance by the host organization's Supervisor.
AR - Evaluation of the Internship Report and of the student's performance in the public exam by the jury.

The final classification of the Project will result from the application of the following formula:
CF = AT
on what:
CF - final classification of the Project;
AT - evaluation of the Project Work and the student's performance in the public exam by the jury.

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