Abstract:
This internship was carried out at Western Division for a period of eight weeks with reference to Busitema University since it is part of their curriculum setting. Internship is professional learning experience offered by an organization to the intern for a limited period of time. Internship exercise is an opportunity to integrate career related experience into under graduate education by participating in planned supervised work and it also helps students to gain hands on knowledge, training skills and experience. Internship is part of Busitema University curriculum and a requirement for students to undergo before they are awarded a Bachelor’s degree in public administration. Western Division’s objectives, organizational structure, mission and vision, and its main activities, indicated, dedicated and committed organizational in delivering quality services to the community. During my internship I got to know a number of practical work carried out at Western Division in administration departments which included; revenue mobilization, register update, data collection, writing of minutes, generation of payment references, supervision of cleaners and supplying of cleaning materials to market venders. Despite the fact that I did the above work, there are number of challenges I encountered and these include, rampant power failure, inadequate computers, lack of lunch and inadequate seats. In conclusion internship exercise gave me lot of knowledge, skills and experiences that enabled me to improve on my career for example writing of minutes, management skills, communication skills among others; therefore, Busitema university should always find ways of inspiring interns to do their internship in Western Division.
