MMS Class of ’19 Sem III

SIP Report Format

(i) General Guidelines

● Student must clearly identify different aspects of the project. The project will have, in
general, qualitative and quantitative aspects.
● Summer project report should be prepared by a student individually. The report should
be checked for spellings and grammatically correct English before submission.
● Students should include the Summer Project “Completion Certificate” from the
Organization in their Summer Project.
● The summer project report should have uniformity and should be hard bound.

(ii) Format of the Report

● The report should be crisp and yet detailed.

● The summer internship report should approximately be of 10000 words.
● Different type headings can be used to highlight the various sections of the text.
● The text should be typed in 1.5 spacing format in Times New Roman Font, Size 12.
● Students should avoid repetitions.
● Recommendations, if any, to the Organization, based on the report findings, should be
mentioned in the project report.
● The report should be properly organized with clear chapterization, heading and
subheadings.
● All tables and annexure must be named (e.g., Annexure-A, Table-13, etc.) and must
indicate the source.

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 (iii) Organization of the Report

The sequence should be as follows:

1. Cover page
2. Title page
3. Declaration
4. Certificate from Institute
5. Project Completion Certificate from Organization
6. Acknowledgements
7. Executive summary/abstract (About 300 words)
8. Table of Contents #

# Table of Contents

Part A

1. Introduction to the Project

2. Brief company profile
2.1. Organization History in brief.
2.2. Brief details of the Top Management – Board, CEO.
2.3. Size of the organization (turnover, employees, geographical spread, etc.).
2.4. Vision and Mission of the organization.
3. Industry Analysis
3.1. PESTEL
3.2. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
3.3. Porter’s Generic Strategies
4. Company Analysis
4.1. SWOT
4.2. 7S framework to analyse the different aspects of the organization.
4.3. Value Chain Analysis
4.4. BCG
4.5. Ansoff’s matrix

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Part B

Research Based Project [Type – I]* (Please see below on page 4)

OR

Problem Solving Project [Type – II]** (Please see below on page 5)

OR

Experiential Learning Project [Type – III]*** (Please see below on page 6)

Part C - Learnings and Takeaways

1. Application of concepts, tools, techniques and skills learnt at PiMSR

2. Mention new knowledge, tools, techniques or skills that you may have picked up.
3. Any augmentation of soft skills such as building interpersonal relationships.
4. Any directions for future learning or career path that you may like to pursue.
5. This is an important section of the report and it should be dealt with utmost seriousness.
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*Research Based Project [Type – I]

5 Introduction
5.1 Nature of Problem (gap in knowledge / information)
5.2 Objectives of the study
5.3 Utility of the study
5.4 Limitations of the study

6 Methodology
6.1 Approach (quantitative vs. qualitative)
6.2 Sources of data (primary and secondary)
6.3 Method of data collection (survey, informal interviews, focused group discussion,
etc.)
6.4 Size of samples and method of sampling.
6.5 Method of data analysis
7 Context of Industry Problem
8 Presentations of Data
➢ This represents data in a semi-processed form. It could be in the form of tabulations, and
pie-diagrams, etc. or fact sheets in the case of qualitative data.
9 Analysis & Discussion
➢ This is the heart of the report. The analysis carried out should be discussed, referring to
the tables and exhibits. The analysis should form the basis of the conclusions drawn in
the following section.
10 Conclusions
10.1 Inferences
10.2 Managerial implications
10.3 Recommendations for action (if any)
References

Annexures

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**Problem Solving Project [Type – II]

5 Introduction
5.1 Nature of Problem (Situation analysis leading to problem definition)
5.2 Objectives of the study
5.3 Expected benefits
5.4 Limitations of the study

6 Methodology

6.1 How information related to the problem was collected?

6.2 How this information was analysed in order to understand the problem in its
proper perspective and if necessary to redefine the problem?

6.2.1 Exploration of Alternatives

6.2.2 Criteria for Evaluation

6.2.3 Evaluation of Alternatives

7 Conclusion

7.1 Nature of Solution

7.2 Recommendations and action plan

7.3 Contingency Plan

References

Annexures

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***Experiential Learning Project [Type – III]

5 Introduction - Context of the organization and specific department/branch

5.1 Objectives of the study

5.2 Expected benefits
5.3 Limitations of the study

6 Methodology

6.1 Ethnographic Study (collecting information as a participant observer).

7 Observations
7.1 Classification of observations
7.1.1 About organizational training
7.1.2 About self learning
7.2 Trends / Patterns
8 Identification of critical issues or problem areas if any
9 Conclusion
9.1 Summary of trends in organization
9.2 Summary of feedback given to organization
9.3 Summary of self-learning

References

Annexures