Research markets and organisations
Find and compare information about sectors, companies and potential partners. Keep a record of your sources, check important claims and identify gaps that need further investigation.
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Business & Management Internship
Turn a business question into a useful next step.
Research a market, make sense of the evidence and help a team decide what to do next. Work alongside TAPiO's advisory team in Kuala Lumpur and see how research, meetings, strategy and planning connect.
The opportunity
Learn how the work gets done.
A company considering a new market needs more than a list of facts. It needs a clear question, reliable information and an explanation of what the findings mean. You will practise that process while supporting research and business projects across different industries.
Based with the TAPiO team in Kuala Lumpur. Apply directly, with no application or placement fee. Read the placement FAQs
What you could work on
Tasks are selected around current projects, your interests and your readiness. These responsibilities show the range of work within this internship.
Turn information into a clear brief
Help organise qualitative or quantitative findings, summarise interviews or survey material, and prepare reports or presentations that a colleague can use.
Prepare meetings and follow through
Research the people and purpose behind a meeting, help prepare questions and materials, record decisions and keep track of actions. External participation depends on the assignment and your readiness.
Support business development
Monitor relevant news and competitors, maintain useful company information and help the team follow up on opportunities, events and potential partnerships.
Explore strategy and resources
Compare possible approaches to a business problem. Help identify the people, information and resources an initiative needs, and explain the assumptions behind your recommendation.
Build practical budget awareness
Help organise estimates for time, equipment, materials or other resources. Check calculations, document assumptions and highlight costs or risks that need the team's attention.
Professional objectives
What you can learn.
Develop practical skills through the work, then use feedback to make the next version stronger. Here is how those skills could show up in a project.
Research and reporting
Build a repeatable way to investigate a question and present a balanced conclusion.
Put it into practiceA source log and a concise research brief.
Meetings and presentations
Practise preparing an agenda, explaining findings and turning a discussion into clear actions.
Put it into practiceA meeting pack, presentation or action summary.
Business development
Understand how market signals and competitor research inform a potential opportunity.
Put it into practiceA comparison of organisations or a reasoned opportunity shortlist.
Corporate strategy
Connect a proposed action with its purpose, resources and practical constraints.
Put it into practiceAn options table with assumptions and next steps.
Financial planning
Develop confidence with basic cost estimates and the uncertainty behind a budget.
Put it into practiceA simple budget with checked figures and clearly stated assumptions.
From an idea to useful work
Picture a project.
Illustrative project directions. Your assignment will depend on current team needs, your interests and your readiness.
A market-entry briefing
Explore a sector or company question, compare relevant evidence and explain what the team should investigate next.
What you could produceA short briefing with sources, an options comparison and open questions.
From meeting to action
Help prepare a business discussion, capture the key points and organise the follow-up so the team can see who needs to do what.
What you could produceAn agenda, meeting notes and a practical action tracker.
Your starting point
Could this be your kind of work?
You enjoy asking why, comparing information and explaining what you have found. Business, economics, management, finance and related courses are useful backgrounds. A class research project, club responsibility or small business idea can show the way you think.
- Curiosity about companies, markets and how decisions are made.
- Care with sources, figures and written explanations.
- Willingness to ask questions, organise your work and act on feedback.
Make progress through practice.
- 01 / Understand
Get clear on the brief
Ask what the work is for, who will use it and what a useful result should achieve.
- 02 / Try
Make a first version
Research, build, write or design something small enough to discuss and improve.
- 03 / Review
Use the feedback
Explain your choices, listen to the team’s comments and investigate what needs changing.
- 04 / Improve
Show what changed
Revise the work, check the result and leave clear notes for the next person.
A few useful questions
Will I be making business decisions on my own?
You will support the team's work through research, preparation and analysis. Decisions and any external involvement depend on the project, your readiness and the guidance of the people responsible.
How is this different from Marketing?
Business & Management focuses on understanding markets, organisations and business options. Marketing focuses on reaching an audience through campaigns, channels and content. Your interests may overlap; explain which work you most want to develop.
For eligibility, allowance arrangements, dates and university requirements, read the programme FAQs.
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Tell us what you want to learn.
Pick a role and bring one example that shows how you think. It can come from a class, a club or something you started yourself.