Suryadatta Institute of Management & Mass Communication, (S.I.M.M.C.) Suryadatta Institute of Business Management & Technology, (S.I.B.M.T.

) Project Report Schedule and Guidelines for MBA, Semester III Students 15th March, 2013.

Schedule for Project Work

The students of above class should see the respective Project Guide as per the details of Roll Numbers mentioned below, on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. respectively w.e.f. 15th July, 2013 onwards. The students should strictly adhere to the following schedule and guidelines 15th May to 10th July, 2013 15th July, 2013 15th to 20th July, 2013 22nd July to 27th July, 2013 29th July to 3rd August, 2013 5th August, 2013 14th August, 2013 31st August, 2013 7th September, 2013 Minimum 50 Days Summer Internship Project (SIP) Date of Reporting to the Institute Initial Project Discussion. Interim Project Discussion. Final Project Discussion. Submission of a Rough Draft (Spiral Bound Copy). Submission of a Rough Draft with late fee of Rs.200 Internal Project Viva Voce Examination. Last Date for submission of a Final Project without late fee (Three Black Hard Bound copies with Golden Embossing). 15th September, 2013 Final Date of Project Viva Submission of a Final Project with late fee of Rs.500 To be declared by the University of Pune.

Note: The students should ask all their project related queries to their respective Project Guides only and not to any other Faculty.

(Prof. Shriprakash Soni) Course Coordinator C.C. : Prof. Dr. S. B. Chordiya, (For information)
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Guidelines for Project Report

Dear Students, With all the orientation given about the Summer Internship / Training Programme, here are some guidelines about carrying out the project and also writing the report of the project: 1. It is mandatory for all the students to meet their respective Project Guide for guidance before proceeding for SIP in the company. Students must discuss with Institute Guide and finalize the Project Title, Research Methodology, Questionnaire etc. 2. All MBA students are expected to undertake 50 days Project in the field of Marketing / Finance / Human Resource Management / I.B. / I.T. (as per their specialization) after completion of their MBA Semester II Pune University Examinations. After completion of the project, a student should obtain the certificate from the concerned organization clearly mentioning name, project title and duration of the project. 3. If there are two or more students doing the project in the same organization those students should ensure that they are not working on the same project topics (Project Titles, Project Objectives, Data, Conclusion and Suggestions must be different). 4. A student is not expected to make a general study of the organization like fieldwork assignment. Project should reflect a focused study in the field of specialization on the selected topic. 5. Preferably a student should do the project with the help of a structured questionnaire considering their topic and specialization. 6. A student is required to get a questionnaire approved by the internal project guide before starting the project. Poor quality questionnaires will affect the quality of the entire project work and will not be accepted by the Institute. 7. A student must periodically report to the Internal Project Guide during the course of the project. A student should also give contact details of the company project guide to internal project guide as well as the course coordinator in the Institute. 8. During interviews / personal discussions within the organization, a student must carry his / her Institute I-card and companys card. Also, a student should be extremely polite to all the concerned staff, respondents etc. and should remember that he / she is the ambassador of the Institute for the organization. 9. A student must preserve all the filled in questionnaires and related documents and information for further reference and utility. 10. A student will have to prepare Three Black Hard Bound copies of the Project Report with Golden Embossing One for the University submission. One for the Institute. One for the Student.
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Outline of the Project Report 1. Title Page 2. Certificate of the Institute 3. Certificate of the Company 4. Declaration by the Candidate 5. Acknowledgements 6. Index / Table of contents with page numbers Important Instructions: For the purpose of molding different chapters of the Project Report, quite appropriately, the students should refer to the book titled Marketing Research authored by Prof. D. P. Avasarikar and Dr. S. B. Chordiya (Chapter No. 11 titled Report Writing, Page Nos. 11.1 to 11.8). Students must follow the following guidelines while finalizing their Project Report Paper Size A4 Font Size 14 for text & 18 for headings Font Style Times New Roman Line Spacing 1.5 Top Margin 1 Bottom Margin 1 Left Margin 1.5 Right Margin 1 No headings should be given in the header of each page like Project Title, prepared by, company logo, pictures etc. Only page numbers should be given in footer at the center. Important Note: 1. The formats in respect of Sr. No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 are readily available with the concerned project guides. All the queries related to the formats should be addressed to the concerned guide only. 2. The number of questions in the project work questionnaire should vary between the range of 15 to 20. 3. The duration of the project work should be minimum 50 days. 4. The company certificate should be on the Original Letter head duly signed by the authorized companys signatory with company seal. 5. The number of pages of the project work report should vary between 55 and 65. 6. The sample size should vary between 150 and 200. 7. The students should submit one spiral bound copy of the project work report to the concerned guide for final approval on or before 31st July, 2013. There should be logical consistency through the contents of the report right from Introduction to Bibliography.

(Prof. Shriprakash Soni) Course Coordinator, MBA.

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Format of Title Page

A PROJECT REPORT ON __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

SUBMITTED BY NAME OF THE STUDENT COURSE & SEMESTER ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 2014

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

PROF.___________________ INTERNAL GUIDE

SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

LOGO OF THE INSTITUTE

THROUGH SURYADATTA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 411021.

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Declaration
I, the undersigned ______________________, declare that the Project Report titled as,________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________, submitted by me for partial fulfillment of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) is the original record of the project work carried out by me during the period from ______________ to _________________, under the able guidance of name of the internal guide and the same has not formed the

basis for the award of any degree, diploma, association, fellowship, titles in or for any other Statutory University or Autonomous Institutions functioning in India or abroad imparting higher education in Management.

Date: _________ Place: Pune.

Name of the Student Course & Semester Roll No. _______

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Acknowledgements
At the start, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to name of the

internal guide, my project guide from Suryadatta Institute of Management & Mass Communication, (S.I.M.M.C.), Pune 411021 / Suryadatta Institute of Business Management & Technology, (S.I.B.M.T.), Pune 411021 for successful completion of a project in partial fulfillment of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) under his / her able guidance to allow me to work on such an interesting subject. He / She provided me proper and correct direction for completion of project work. His / Her continuous guidance during the course of project helped me in channelizing my efforts, quite appropriately.

I am also thankful to name name of the

of

the

external

guide

company, for guidance given and cooperation

extended for carrying out the project.

I am also thankful to all the respondents and friends who have helped me to conclude the contents of the project in decent and presentable manner.

Date: _________ Place: Pune.

Name of the Student Course & Semester Roll No. _______

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Format of Company Certificate

Date: ----------, 2013

To Whomsoever It May Concern

This is to certify that Mr. / Ms. _________________________________, student of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) of Suryadatta Institute of Management & Mass Communication, (S.I.M.M.C.), Pune 411021 / Suryadatta Institute of Business Management & Technology, (S.I.B.M.T.), Pune 411021, has undergone summer training in our organization for ------ days i.e. from -------------- to ----------. He / she has completed his / her project on (Title Topic). During his / her project work we find him / her sincere and diligent in his / her duties and responsibilities. He / she is responsible, hardworking and committed to work. We wish him all the best in his / her future endeavors and hope he / she will have a very successful career. of the

Signature (Name of the Person) Designation

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Index
Chapter No. 1 2 3 Introduction Company Profile and Product Profile Research Objectives, Research Methodology and Research Limitations 4 Data Collection, Data Analysis and Data Interpretation 5 Findings, Conclusions and Suggestions Annexure Bibliography (maximum 5 pages) (maximum 5 pages) (1 page) (maximum 25 pages) (maximum 5 pages) (maximum 15 pages) (maximum 5 pages) Title of the Chapter Page No.

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Outline for the Chapters:

Chapter 1 - Introduction Explain the topic of the project in brief i.e. Introduction / About Project Work Reasons for selection of this topic Importance of the said topic to the organization and Theoretical Explanation Chapter 2 Company Profile and Product Profile Company Profile Formation / establishment of the company Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives of the company Organizational chart/ hierarchy. Milestones in the history of the company / company achievements, etc. Collaborations, International certifications, if any Head office and branch offices of the company Summary statistics about the company such as sales turnover, number of employees, etc. Product Profile Scope of the products of the company Types of Product / Product line Detail information about the product/s or service/s for which research is conducted. Chapter 3: Research Methodology: Research Objectives Research Methodology (Type of Data, Sources of Data, Methods of data collection used for the project, Sampling Techniques Used, Sample Size, Sampling Unit) Statistical tools used, if any Research Limitations Chapter 4: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation Data presentation in tabular format Graphical Presentation Observation and Analysis Chapter 5: Findings, Conclusions and Suggestions Findings (Findings should be approximately equal to the no. of questions) Conclusions (Conclusions should be consistent with the objectives and also equal to the no. of objectives) Suggestions (Minimum 4 to 5 Suggestions based on findings and conclusions and practically executable)
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Bibliography
It is the declaration of the resources of information availed. This information has to be written in the following format: Book referred: 1. [Author, Name of the Book, Name of the Publishing Company, Place of Publication, Edition and Year of Publication] For example Avasarikar D. P. and Chordiya S. B., Marketing Research, Nirali Publication, Pune, edn.1, 2007. 2.

Journal, Articles and Newspapers referred to: 1.

Websites referred: 1. www.herohonda.com 2. www.scrib.com 3. www.infibeam.com 4. www.bikepics.com

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Please write methodology used for your project as per the following manner in your project report, Chapter No. 3 Methodology: Methodology adopted for this project work as per the following model guideline Sr. No. 1 2 3 Particulars Type of Data Universe / Population Sources of Data Details Primary Data and Secondary Data. Consumers of Hero-Honda bikes. Consumers of Hero-Honda bikes in Korba district. 4 5 6 7 8 Nature of Source of Data Sampling Methodology Sample Size Qualitative or Quantitative etc. Random Sampling. 100

Data Collection Methodology Personal Interview. Nature of Data Collection Structured Questionnaire. Instrument

Types of Questions

Open ended and Closed ended.

Points for Viva Voce (Oral) Examination: 1. Make sure that you should know time and date of your oral exam and arrive early for reporting. 2. Bring three copies of your report with you. 3. Make sure that you are wearing complete college uniform and carrying I-card. 4. Make sure that you are fully conversant with the subject matter of your project report. 5. Your personal appearance and manners should be that required for an important job interview. 6. Answer any questions put to you as briefly, politely and as clearly as possible. 7. If you think that the question is not put in proper form, ask for it to be rephrased. 8. Remember, at all times during the oral exam, the examiner is looking for evidence that you are aware of your crucial role as a professional manager and that you can communicate well. W I S H YO U AL L T H E B E S T ! ! !
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