GUIDELINES FOR REPORT WRITING

PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT

1. Report must be typed and printed on a white A4 paper.

2. The margins to the left and right should be 2cm

3. The font type should be time new roman with font size 13

4. The interline space should be 1.5 the before and after boxes should be 0 each

5. The chapter titles and headings should be in ARIAL bold 20

6. The section headings should be in ARIAL, bold 16 other sub-headings should be in ARIAL
bold 14

PRELIMINARY PAGES

Hard A4 printed copy of the cover page

Soft A4 printed copy of the cover page

CERTIFICATION…………………………………………………………………………………………………….i

DEDICATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………..ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………………………………………………..iii

ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………vi

RESUME………………………………………………………………………………………………………………vii

PREFACE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….viii

IDENTIFICATION SLIP…………………………………………………………………………………………..ix

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS………………………………………………………………………………………x

TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………………………………………………..xi, xii

General introduction……………………………………………………… page one bigins from here

PART ONE

Chapter one (section one and section two)

Chapter two (section one and section two)

PART TWO

Chapter three (section one and section two)

Chapter four (section one and section two)

Bibliography

Appendix……………………………………………………………….Last page No

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Talk about the context, mains problems relating to your topic to highlight topic
justification, your objectives of the study in your topic area, the methodology which
you are going to use (ie sources of data, analytical tools)

Study context (ie the overall notion, idea, relevance, benefits or value, of your topic
area)

Problematic : (ie the main problems concerning your topic area which influences you
to research on the area and to seek for resolutions or to justify your topic or research
area)

Objectives : (ie the main problem of the study and the specific objectives)

Methodology : (that is sources of data, method of collection, analytical tools- means

of analyzing data : qualitative/ or quantitative tools)

Work planning (ie the structure of the work in chapters : the different chapters and
their sections…)

NOTE

The different bolded aspects of the general introduction above should not future in
the general introduction as sub-headings but the different issues under each of the
sub-sections of the general introduction should just feature as different paragraphs
without any headings : e.g no heading as : methodology but a paragraph should talk
about the methodology.

PART ONE

THE INTERNSHIP ENVIRONMENT : (eg AES SONEL)

A brief introduction of this part stating the chapters involved and what the chapters
are all about in not more than 5-LINES

Eg…

CHAPTER ONE :

GENERAL PRESENTATION OF AES SONEL

Abrief introduction of the chapters of not more than 5 lines talking about the number
of sections and what they are all about
SECTION ONE : THE CREATION AND HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF your case study eg :
AES SONEL

1.11 THE CREATION OF AES SONEL

1.22 HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF AES SONEL

SECTION TWO : ORGANISATION AND OPERATION of your case study eg : AES SONEL

1.21 THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF AES SONEL

1.22 THE OPERATIONS OF your case study (role, responsibilities and obligations)

1.221 OPERATION WITHIN THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

1.2211 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES (eg : employees, management…)

1.222 OPERATIONS WITH THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

1.2221 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

1.22211 MICRO ENVIRONMENT

1.22212 MACRO ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER TWO

THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNSHIP ACTIVITIES AT your case study (eg ENEO
KOUMASSI)

Abrief introduction of the chapters of not more than 5 lines talking about the number
of sections and what they are all about

SECTION ONE : PRESENTATION OF THE SERVICE THAT RECEIVES THE INTERN DURING
THE INTERNSHIP PERIOD

2.11 AT THE RECEPTION OF THE INTERNS by the different services at the case study
(eg at ENEO)

SECTION TWO : THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNSHIP ACTIVITIES AT your case study :
AES SONEL KOUMASSI AND JUSTIFICATION OF TOPIC

2.21 THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNSHIP ACTIVITIES AT your case study : eneo
koumassi ie………..

2.22 justification of the research topic : the importance of the remuneration policies
and packages on employees motivation and performances ie…….

PART TWO

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO YOUR TOPIC (eg REMUNERATION

POLICIES AND PACKAGES AND THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE REMUNERATION
POLICIES APPLIED IN your case study : ENEO)
A brief introduction of this part stating the chapters involved and what the chapters
are all about in not more than 5-LINES

CHAPTER THREE

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO your topic : (PAYROLL MANAGEMENT

AND REMUNERATION POLICIES) AND ANALYSIS

A brief introduction of this part stating the chapters involved and what the chapters
are all about in not more than 5-LINES

SECTION ONE :

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO your topic : (PAYROLL MANAGEMENT

AND REMUNERATION POLICIES) AND ANALYSIS

3.11 DEFINITION OF TERMS ie conceptual definitions

3.12 BEST PRACTICES RELATING TO your topic (ie PAYROLL MANAGEMENT AND
REMUNERATION POLICIES AND PACKAGES)

Eg…

SECTION TWO : MANAGEMENT SCIENCE TOOLS CONCERNING THE ANALYSIS

RELATING TO your topic eg…. And PRESENTATION OF RESULTS

3.21 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYTICAL TOOL

3.211 DATA COLLECTION

Eg : present the sources of data types of data to be used and how they shall be
collected making reference to the techniques to be used in collecting the data.

3.212 ANALYTICAL TOOL

Ie business management tools relating to : accounting analysis, banking and finance

analysis, management analysis or marketing analysis eg…

3.213 other tools used : ie items used during the internship…

3.22 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS

This is based on the calculations and or judgements made using the analytical tools
above in relation to situations of you case study

3.12 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS

This is based on the calculations and or judgements made using the analytical tools
(quantitative and or qualitative tools) above in relation to situations of you case
study.

3.121 STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS

The strenght and opportunities (limitations) should be in relation to your topic
chosen but you should also consider their effects or their consequences on your case
study as a whole

3.123 WEAKNESSES AND THREATS

Also the weaknesses and threats should be in relation to your topic chosen but you
should also consider their effects or their consequences on your case study as a
whole

CHAPTER FOUR

THE CRITICAL APPROACH

A brief introduction of this chapter stating the selection involved and what the
sections are all about in not more than 5-LINES

SECTION ONE

DIFFICULTIES AND WEAKNESSES OF YOUR case study (AES SONEL) RELATING TO

YOUR TOPIC eg…

SECTION TWO

recommendations to help ameliorate problem considering the result (the

motivational situations and performance level of the employees of) your case study :
AES SONEL and the best practices or theories or principles relating to your topic
which your presented in your chapter 3

GENERAL CONCLUSION

Ie the objective of the work, problem statements (justification of the topic) , tools
use, sources of data, findings ie it was discovered that…, recommendations ie it was
recommended that

IN NOT MORE THAN ONE PAGE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Examples on how to write a bibliography :

FOR TEXT BOOKS

P. GUIMEZAP (year of publication eg : 2014) book title, edition of the book eg : 1st Ed,
publising company eg : XYZ publishing company LTD, place of publication eg : douala,
country of publication eg : Cameroon

IF THER ARE FEW PEOPLE WHO JOINTLY PRODUCE THE BOOK

G.Ndoungue, D.Tsopbeng and N.Tsague (year of publication eg : 2014) book title,

edition of the book eg : 1st Ed, publishing company eg : XYZ publishing company Ltd,
place of publication eg : douala, country of plublication eg : Cameroon
IF THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO JOINTLY PRODUCE THE BOOK

G.Ndoungue, D.Tsopbeng and N.Tsague (year of publication eg : 2014) book title,

edition of the book eg : 1st Ed, publishing company eg : XYZ publishing company Ltd,
place of publication eg : douala, country of plublication eg : Cameroon

IF MANY BOOKS ARE PRODUCED BY THE SAME AUTHOR WITHIN THE SAME YEAR

Then present the year of publication as such : 2014a for the first publication, 2014b
for the second…….eg

G. Ndoungue at all (year of publication eg : 2014a, 2014b) book title, edition of the
book eg 1st Ed, publishing company eg : XYZ publishing company Ltd, place of
publication eg : douala, country of publication eg : cameroon

IN THE CASE OF JOURNALS/ARTICLES

S.M Mobele (period publication eg : december 2014 or winter 2014 or simply 2014
as above) ‘title of article’, titles of review in ITALICS or UNDERLINED, volume and
number eg : vol 5 N° 8 plus page number eg : pg 13 or pg 13-17

For a reference cited in the body of the work just write :

(SM Mobele, 2014) but you must make sure that the complete presentation is found
on the bibliography.

NOTE : arrange your bibliography in alphabetical order considering the letter of the
first name of the first author in each case.

APPENDIX (this is the last page N°)

Appendix………………………………………………………….1

Appendix………………………………………………………….2

Appendix etc