A PROJECT/ SUMMER TRAINING REPORT

ON
“Write the Project Title Here”

In partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the award of the degree
of
Master in Business Administration (MBA)

Submitted by

(Name of the candidate)

(AKTU Roll. No.)

Submitted to
(Name of the Project Guide)
Designation

School of Management Sciences, Varanasi

Affiliated to
(Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam University , Lucknow)

(SMS Logo) (AKTU Logo)

Month , Year
Certificate by the Faculty Guide of the Institute

Student Declaration

Acknowledgement -It should be brief and should not exceed one page when typed
with 1.5 spacing.

The acknowledgement page is provided in a report to thank all the members who
have supported and guided in completion of the report. The summer training report
should contain acknowledgements in the following order –

i. Management of the Organization in which/about which training/project was taken

up

ii. Institute Management

iii. The Head of the Institution

iv. The Head of the Department

V. The Course Coordinator

v. Faculty Guide

Preface

I. Table of Contents – Name of Chapters with Page No.

Sr.
No. Chapters Page No.
1. Preface i - iv
2. Acknowledgement v-vi
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. List of Tables viii - xiii
5. List of Figures xiv
6. Chapter 1 : Introduction 1 - 22
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II. List of Table -The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above
the tables in the text. 1.5 spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.
III. List of Figure -The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear
below the figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the
matter under this head.

SECTION A

1. Introduction
● Industry Overview:
○ Brief profile of all the major companies within the industry,
○ Size of the industry
○ Industry Growth Rates and Projections vis a vis GDP Growth
Numbers
○ Products and services of major players,
○ market share of major players
○ SWOT analysis of the Industry
● Company Overview
○ Mission statement,
○ Values and objectives of the company
○ History of the company
○ Types of Products & Services
○ Size (in terms of manpower & turnover) of the company
○ Market share and positions of the company in the industry
○ Sales Performance for the last three years
■ Product wise in units / in rupees
 ■ Market wise in units/ in rupees
■ Customer wise in units/in rupees
○ Organizational Chart
○ Number of Branches/ offices
○ Different plants as well as plant locations of the company
(pictures should be included of different plants).
■ Table as well as on google map
○ Contact details of the Company
○ Photograph of head office/ corporate office
○ Logo of the company
○ Tagline /slogan/ punchline of the company
○ 2 Recent print ads with brief description
○ Product list , photographs of products with technical details etc.
○ SWOT analysis of the company
○ Company Growth Rate and Projections Vs Industry Growth Rate
and Projections
○ Financial Performance of the company (last five years)
○ Balance Sheet of the company (if current year balance sheet is
not available then include previous year)

SECTION B

------------------------------Title of the Project-----------------------------

1. Introduction
- About the Project
- Objectives and scope of the project
- Rationale for the study
- Salient contribution of the project/ Importance of the project
2. Literature Review
3. Research Methodology
- Type of Research
- Data Type
- Sampling unit
 - Sample Size
- Sampling Method
- Data Collection Tool (Complete Description)
- Data analysis techniques to be used
-Limitations
4. Data Analysis Results & Interpretation
- Data Presentation (Tabular representation of data ,Charts )
- Data Analysis Results
- Interpretation of Results
5. Conclusion
- Salient Conclusion from the work
-6. Suggestions & Recommendations
- Suggestions (Should be based on the findings)
The suggestions which you would like to give to the company related to :
○ (a) Their operations & functions.
○ (b) The techniques and methodology.
○ (c) Their policies & programmes where there is a need for
improvement.
- Guidelines and Procedure for Implementations
- Expected outcomes from the recommendations
- Scope for future work

Appendix

● Sample questionnaire

Bibliography

While preparing the Bibliography, in case of website as a source, ensure that the date
and the timing of accessing the website is mentioned along with.

While preparing bibliography student must adopt the following method:

Article in a Magazine

Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools.Time, 135,
28-31.

Article in a Newspaper

Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a newspaper reference
in APA style. Single pages take p., e.g.., p. B2; multiple pages take pp., e.g.., pp. B2,
B4 or pp. C1, C3-C4.

Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The
Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

Basic Format for Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication).Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.

Location: Publisher. Note: For "Location," you should always list the city, but you
should also include the state if the city is unfamiliar or if the city could be confused
with one in another state.

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991).APA guide to preparing manuscripts for

journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Government Document

National Institute of Mental Health.(1990). Clinical training in serious mental illness

(DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office.

Report From a Private Organization

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice guidelines for the treatment of

patients with eating disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.

Article From an Online Periodical

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication).Title of article.Title of Online

Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved month day, year, (if
necessary)
from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ Bernstein, M. (2002).10 tips on writing
the living Web.A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved May 2,
2006, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Online Newspaper Article

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day).Title of article.Title of Newspaper. Retrieved

http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Feminism.(n.d.)In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved March 16, 2008, from

http:// www.britannica.com

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED:

Students should submit three Hard Bound copies to the Faculty Guide/ Supervisor
concerned on or before the specified date. The Faculty Guide should return one
signed copy to the student concern and forward one duly signed copy to the course
coordinator while retaining one signed copy with themselves.

PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN:

The dimensions of the final bound copies of the project report should be on standard
A4 size paper with appropriate margins so that matter is not hidden in the binding.
The margin could be:

Top: 1 inch

Bottom: 1 inch

Left: 1.25 inch

Right : 0.75 inch

Word format

Font size: 12 for Regular text, 14 for Subtitles and 16 for titles

Font Type: Times New Roman -

Page Type: A4

Alignment: Justified

Printing of Report: Both sides of paper

The project report should be prepared on good quality white paper. Tables and
figures should conform to the margin specifications.

Large size figures should be reduced to the appropriate size before insertion.

Size of the report should be a minimum 100 Pages.

NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS

Page Numbering All pages numbers (whether it be in Roman or Arabic numbers)

should be typed without punctuation on the lower right hand corner. The preliminary
pages of the project report (such as Title page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents
etc.) should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals. The title page will be
numbered as (i) but this should not be typed. The page immediately following the
title page shall be numbered (ii) and it should appear at the top right hand corner as
already specified. Pages of main text, starting with Chapter 1 should be
consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals.

Numbering of Chapters, Divisions and Subdivisions

The numbering of chapters, divisions and sub-divisions should be done, using

Arabic numerals only and further decimal notation should be used for numbering the
divisions and subdivisions within a chapter. For example, sub-division 4 under
division 3 belonging to chapter 2 should be numbered as 2.3.4. The caption for the
sub-division should immediately follow the number assigned to it.

Every chapter beginning with the first chapter should be serially numbered using
Arabic numerals. Appendices included should also be numbered in an identical
manner starting with Appendix 1.

Important

(i) A typed draft report (soft copy) as per the above guidelines has to be prepared
and submitted to the guide(s), at least one week before the final presentation of the
project.

(ii) The draft report shall be corrected and approved by the guide(s). The contents of
this approved draft report in the form of a powerpoint presentation is to be produced
before the evaluation board at the time of presentation of the project.

(iii) The final report is to be made after the project presentation.. The corrections and
suggestions made by the evaluation board are to be incorporated in the final report.
Submit the final report, within one week after the final project presentation, to the
Faculty Guide.