Engagement in an internship is helpful to the career development of a student. It enables students to deploy classroom experience to the real world environment. The main aim is to ensure that the student is capable of transiting and fitting into the workplace. During the student’s internship at the Ozdemirler Factory in Turkey, he or she was expected to take active roles in a learning process in areas relevant to my career.
It is evident that the internship provided a crucial opportunity for the student to identify areas of organizational strength. However, the student should not utilize the opportunity to attempt to ridicule the organization. At the Ozdemirler Factory in Turkey, such an attempt would limit his or her levels of engagement between organizational staff and him or her. Hence, he or she would learn less as the organization offering the internship might view him or her as posing a threat to its way of doing work. Hence, issues touching on accountability and integrity of the organization do not rhyme well with the purpose for which the internship was conducted. Rather, the student’s goal should have been attempting to learn on the best practices for an organization so that he or she transfers the skills gained to the work environment when employed upon completion of his or her career. Such criticism is vital only in case a student is conducting research for the final course project.
In light of the above arguments, there emerge questions of reliability and validity of the data collection tools deployed in the research. There is no description of the samples and the sampling techniques deployed to arrive at the data used to make inferences. Since the student was engaged in an internship, it is also questionable whether the information provided especially on matters relating to integrity and accountability of the organization was reliable. It is important to recognize and appreciate the research limitation. However, what is the importance of carrying out research having limitations that make research findings inappropriate for deployment in making inferences? Indeed, the claims and allegations made by the researcher on the accountability and integrity of the managers of Ozdemirler Factory are not backed by reliable audit reports showing discrepancies. There ought to have been one set of a report showing the actual and correct figures of the performance of the company and another set that is characterized by fraud and incorrect reporting. Otherwise, relying on the opinions and information provided by the staff stands as incorrect and inaccurate while supporting serious allegations such as accountability and integrity.
Amid the criticisms of the research section, it is encouraging to note that the student participated in learning various things that are instrumental to his or her career development. Issues such as engagement in auditing processes, shipping process, inventory-taking, and machinery labeling are central to the realization of the purpose of his or her internship. Learning about systems and instruments for capturing reviews and analysis for the performance of an organization is yet another important experience that would help to build the student’s career profile. This enhances the preparedness of the student to face the expected challenges in the actual work environment. Knowledge gained in organizational disclosures is essential in enhancing the performance of the student in building high performing and transparent organization later after completion of the course. Nevertheless, any allegation on the organization’s non-engagement in disclosures is unwarranted unless supported by solid and reliable evidence.