MAHATMA GANDHI MISSION

Institute of Management
AURANGABAD-431003

Project Guidelines
2017
I Semester
Why Project Work?
Project Work is the best way to put into practice what has been learnt. This activity will enable
the students to collect, synthesize, utilize information, carry out SWOT and write a report.

Objectives:
1. To familiarize the students with organizational set up.
2. Enable the students to collect and sort the information required for writing the report.
3. To relate and practice the concepts learnt in research methodology.
4. To enable the students to present the information in a logical, comprehensive and
meaningful manner.

Project:

1. Aim of project work in I semester will be to make the students understand the important
aspects of an organization and how they affect the functioning of an organization.
2. The students will take up an organization (service/manufacturing unit) and study various
aspects of the unit as discussed in contents of the report. The students will generally use
secondary data but the primary data may also be used.

Guidelines:

1. One faulty will be nominated as internal guide for each student.

2. The student shall seek the guidance from the internal guide on a continuous basis, and the
guide shall give a certificate to the effect that the candidate has worked satisfactorily
under his/her guidance.
3. On completion of the project work, student shall prepare spiral bound report in following
format:
a.) The project report shall not exceed more than 40-50 pages.
b.) The project report shall be prepared using word processor viz. MS Word/Open source
OS/Linux
i.) Font Type: Times New Roman
ii.) Font Size: 12
iii.) Heading: Bold with font size 14
iv.) Sub-heading: Bold with font size 12
v.) Margins: 1
vi.) Line Spacing: 1
Note: Approval Certificate is issued by the Guide and Course Coordinator is mandatory before
final printing.

Project Report Format

1. Cover page (Project Title, name of the student with roll no, name of the guide, Name of the
university & name of the institute along with logo)
2. Institute Certificate
3. Declaration
4. Acknowledgement
5. Index
Note: Follow the sequence of the documents mentioned above.
Contents:
PART-I Introduction
Name of the Industry & Company with brief introduction.

PART-II Profile
1. Industry profile
a.) History
b.) Growth
c.) International and National scenario
d.) Some prominent companies in the industry, their Performance/Contribution
2. Company profile
a.) Background and inception of the company
b.) Nature of the business carried out
c.) Vision, Mission and Quality Policy
d.) Product/Services Profile
e.) Area of Operation Global/National/Regional
f.) Organizational Structure (Hierarchy of the organization & concerned department)
g.) Ownership Pattern
h.) Infrastructural facilities, Technology used
i.) Financial condition (Turnover, Profitability, Source of finance-long term& short term)
j.) Achievement Award if any
k.) Scope of improvement/growth to gain more market share/be competitive.

PART-III
SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats of the Company/Organization)

PART-IV
1. Findings
2. Learning Experience

Bibliography
Follow American Psychological Association (APA) format.
(Format copy attached for reference)

Annexure
Financial Statements (if applicable)
Questionnaires (if applicable)

APA style of writing Bibliography

Books

1. Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book. Location: Publisher

Example-

1. Grenfell, W. T. (1919). A Labrador doctor: The autobiography of Wilfred Thomason

Grenfell. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
 Newspaper article

1. Author, A. A. (Year, Month day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, p. page number(s)

Example-

1. Sullivan, D. D. (2000, November 15). Teens say they're battling depression, peer
pressure: 'You kind of drift apart from your parents,' one high school student says. The
Telegram, p. 17

Website

1. Author, A. A. (Year, Month day). Title of web page/document. Retrieved from http://URL
to specific page

Example-

1. Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network. (2011, October 7). Voting for the
environment: Environment Network releases review of party policies. Retrieved from
http://www.nlen.ca/issues/forests/voting-for-the-environment-environment-network-
releases-review-of-party-policies

Journal Article

1. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number
(issue number), pages.

Example-

1. Kozma, A., & Stones, M. J. (1983). Re-validation of the Memorial University of

Newfoundland scale of happiness. Canadian Journal on Aging, 2(1), 27-29.

APA Style for Heading & Paragraph Numbering

1. Heading
1.1 Sub Heading
1.2 Sub Heading
1.2.1Sub Sub Heading
1.2.2 Sub Sub Heading
1.3 Sub Heading

2. Heading
2.1Sub Heading
 2.2 Sub Heading
2.2.1Sub Sub Heading
2.2.2 Sub Sub Heading
2.3 Sub Heading

Note: In case of any problem regarding the formatting and explanation of various headings
clarification is sought from the following book:

Donald R Cooper & Pamela S Schindler (2009). Business Research Methods. Delhi:
TATA McGraw Hill.p.96

Project Co-ordinator Co-ordinator Academics Director