Editorial Department:

Week 1: Research about corporate magazines available in the country and outside- both printed and
digital. In depth study about the contents being kept in along with the layout, the no. of pages being
used for advertising, font style and size and deciding on the theme.

Week 2: Start looking up for topics to be included in the magazine along with the relevant people who
would be willing to give us interviews regarding these topics related to the corporate know-hows. Also
start contacting content writers for their help or to provide training to the pre-existing department
staffs.

Week 3: Start collecting and writing content. Fixing appointments with the relevant people for
interviews or taking articles. Finish the interview taking portion in this week itself if possible or will be
extended up to week 4.

Week 4: This week will fully be concentrated on collection and writing of content as well.

Week 5: The contents should have come in by now. The proof readers along with the content
department will start working on correcting grammatical and other language errors. The creative
director will be working on the theme for the magazine and will start adjusting written and corrected
contents accordingly. The designer will start looking up for relevant visual aids or click pictures
accordingly.

Week 6: The same work of week 5 will continue. Coordination with the marketing department starts as
the advertisements to be included in the magazines are to be discussed along with any promotional
schemes that is to be used to edit the contents in the magazine.

Week 7: The layout including the text, photos and advertisements are to be decided and finalized by the
end of this week. The team sits with the project manager and the CEO to finalize the contents included,
the layout and the final design of the whole magazine.

Week 8: If any changes are to be made, it should be completed within this week. Then the dummy maga
Department/ Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Weeks
Human - Employee - Prepares - Work - Set - - Training
Resource handbook Agreements together with Objectives Performance based on
- Prepare between procurement of review skill gap
Appointment Nirvana Pub. team to check performance schedules - Maintain
Letters for the and suppliers the legal review Performance training
entire staff which covering all requirements -Set Developmen records
includes the for the Performance t meetings -Analysis of
informing leave, maintenance publishing review raining
overtime, and service house procedures feedback
salaries, JD report
Finance -Capital -Production -Ensure -Entry of -Providing -Ensure that
Budgeting. forecast and enough cash raw marketing the firm is
-Co-ordinate with planning and allocate materials department controlling
procurement, budget. money payments. with the its credit
editorial, -Machinery -Record money it
marketing and costs. expenditures needs to
sales department -Contact -Ensures the operate.
to create flow. procurement bill has been - Setting
-Prepare file and department signed by targets for
monitor budget. for raw the officer’s the
materials component, organization
signature and for each
tally with department
those in the
available in organization.
the records.

Procurement - market survey - Quotation - ordering of - Raw - Implement -Monitoring

- whole seller approval raw materials material sent risk supplier
survey and from finance after out mitigation performance
analyzing department approval  actions - raw
-Buying -invoice material
machinery check  quality
- tally all the check
raw material -additional
required raw material 
- installation
of machine
Editorial -Research -Look up -Collect and -Fully -Contents -Same as
-In depth study topics write content concentrated -Proof week 5
about the -Research for -Fix on collection reading -Coordinate
contents layout, people to appointments and writing -Theme, with the
advertising, font take for of content as pictures and marketing
style, size and interviews interviews or well. laying out department
theme. -Contact taking -Provide content.
content articles. operations
writers for -Finish with with
help or to interviews contents for
provide (extended to prototype.
training. week 4.)

Operations -Define supply -Production -Machinery -Contact -Receive raw -First

chain network. planning. setup in procurement materials. prototype
-Co-ordinate with -Discussion factory department -Quality production
procurement, of process, location for raw check of raw -Prototype
editorial and quantity to be materials for materials sent out to
sales department produced, first editorial
to create flow. inventory production department
management. prototype. for checking.
-Meeting -Contact -Quality
with all editorial check.
departments. department
for content.

Marketing -Set objectives -Conduct - Extract data - Making - Create - Create the
-Research about market from logo for the target market plan for
marketing surveys questionnaire publishing segmentatio maximum
strategies of filled by the house and n and reach
competitors respondents magazine positioning -Set
and making that strategies promotional
changes represent along with goals.
accordingly something the 4p’s that
about the is product,
product price, place,
promotion
and the
marketing
mix.
Sales - - - - - -
Department Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12
/Weeks
Human -Check - Prepare - Having -Work on -Generating - Processing
Resource whether appraisal formal and recreational attendance file to
employees are letters informal activities to and leave account
functioning as counseling motivate reports department
per the with employees -Salary for account
employee employees detail settlement
manual. -Processing reports to - Report as
letters on accounts per the
employee department management
request -Training request
evaluation/
manpower
evaluation
report

Finance -Overall -Payment to -Calculate -Keep -Provide -Calculate

verification of suppliers wages record of all additional the overall
the funds -Prepare expenses funds to expenses
allocated to financial incurred. department incurred
departments. reports s if needed. before
-Prepare launch.
salary
cheque
Procureme - main - Create and - Perform - feedback - Data entry - Monitor
nt production run RFI Inspection from marker and control
start and final (request for inventory
raw material information)
are sent out
Editorial - Layout - Changes to
finalized be made
- Meeting with - Draft sent to
project operations
manager and department
the CEO to
finalize
magazine
draft.
- - - -

Operations -Changes -Production -Send out -Send out - Plan -Plan further
 made as per for final final product final product further production
feedback for product begins to all for sales. production
production. -Logistic departments -Inventory
-Send out final coordinator and collect tracking and
raw material monitor feedback. recording.
order to production -Plan
procurement flow. production
department -Quality check and sales
and receive with sales
them. department.
-Inventory
planning.

Marketing - Create hype - Perform - Create the - Publicity - -If desired

by Setting searches and awareness of of magazine Identifying objective has
brand image create actions the brand by placing the not been met,
- Creation of in social through stalls in standards to rethink
the ads as per networks that public different measure the strategies and
the strategy help to better relations, college effectivenes work again.
and budget understand the offline ads, events to s of
and creating needs of users, and relevant promote the marketing
social media in order to blogs. product. strategy
advertising convert them measure
into customers performanc
e, and
adjust
accordingly
.  
Sales - Research on - Reach out to - Identify - Identify -Confirm -After launch
identifying the potential the needs of various distribution research for
prospective clients and the client distribution channels- ways to
clients to sell make contact -Find out channels inform maintain
the product any relevant and prepare operations sales growth
information proposals to and ask and customer
for making a establish financial retention
sale. physical department
presence for
additional
funds