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FOR
MBA, SEMESTER – IV
IV
REASEARCH PROJECT
The projects not only aim at providing practical knowledge in different areas of
management, but also enhance the analytical skills of students.
The MBA Research Project provides Masters level students with an opportunity
to undertake a significant piece of self-managed research in a relevant area of
particular interest. This research project work exposes the students to the real
world business scenarios and gives them competitive edge in the industry.
While carrying out the research project students of MBA, Semester – IV should
adhere to the following:
• Consult your Guide from time to time, as well as whenever necessary, carry
out suggested changes by your guide and then proceed for next step.
• Work regularly with commitment and ensure you are following Project
Report Activity Completion Schedule and avoid last minutes’ hustle.
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• The entire research project report should be written in third form only except
the Declaration and Acknowledgement, where students can write first form
and use I, me, myself, etc.
• The cover page must be hard bound in Black Color with Gold Embossing.
• The student’s Enrollment No., Class & Batch No. must be written on the
rim of the project report.
• The size of the report would depend on the project undertaken by the
student. However it must between 60 to 110 typed pages (1.5 space) on A4
size paper.
• All the students are required to use the uniform font and format i.e.
“Times New Roman” of font size 12 in the text (except in heading and
subheadings) through out the text of the report.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Words or list of the words referred in a text or consulted by you for writing
report. It should be arranged in alphabetical order by name of the authors.
For Books
Name of the author (Last name first), Title of the book, Edition, Year of
publication, No. of Vol. (If any) Name and Place of Publisher.
E.g.:
Kothari, C.R.: Training methodology, 3rd edition, 1997, Vikas Publishing House
Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi,
Name of the author (last name first), Title of the article in double quotes “_”
mark, Name of the Journals /Periodicals /Magazines etc. in italics, Volume
number, Year, Page Numbers.
E.g.:
Wortman Maxs (Jr.): “Entrepreneurship: An Integrating Typology and
Evaluation of the Empirical Training in the field”, Journal of Management, Vol.
13 (2), 1967, pp259-279.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR TYPING / PRINTING
• Paper
The size of the Paper sheet: A4
Typing should be done on one side of the paper only.
• Font
Type: New Times Roman,
Size: 12
• Line Spacing
Body of the text: 1.5 lines
List of tables/ graphs/charts/bibliography: Single line
• Alignment
Title page: Centre
Chapter heading: Centre
Sub heading: Left
Body of text: Justify
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• Margins
At the binding edge (Left): not less than 3 cm
Other margins (Right, Top, Bottom): not less than 2 cm.
• Titles
All titles and subtitles should be printed in BOLD.
All the Tables/ Graphs /Charts should have appropriate titles.
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• Binding of the report
The project should be hard bound with golden embossing as per the standard
format
• Before submission:
Students must sign Declaration and Acknowledgment before putting for the
Signature of the Guide.
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RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SCHEDULE
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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR RESEARCH PROJECT
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Signature of Superviser
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A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT
ON
SUBMITTED BY:
Name of the Student
Enrollment No._______
MBA, Semester ______
Batch 20__ - 20__
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CONTENTS
Student declaration………………………………………………………………………i
Acknowledgement............................................................................................................iv
Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………….v
List of Tables…………………………………………………………………………..vii
List of Graphs...……………………………………………………………………….viii
List of Charts…………………………………………………………………………..ix
Page Nos.
(The below mentioned points from 1.3 to 1.5 in this chapter will be incorporated
1.5 Company Products and Services & (Major Competitors), Only few lines
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CHAPTER – 2 RESEARCH METHODOLGY
2.3.3 Universe
CHAPTER – 4 FINDINGS
This chapter will cover the Findings of the report. On the basis of the analysis
and interpretations, findings will be made. (Findings shoud be directly related to
the research objectives.)
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CHAPTER – 5 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION
On the basis of the findings, the suggestions / recommendations will be offered
on the lacunas, lapses, loopholes or on the areas of improvements.
In the end, conclusion will be drawn on the basis of findings and
recommendations.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography will cover all the references, texts, text books, reference books,
articles, news, literature, journals, magazies, reports, websites, URLs which are
refferred and taken into consideration for the pupose of conducting the study.
ANNEXURES
All the formats, questionnaire(s), schedules, reports which are to be filled or
taken into consideration for the purpose of conducting the study will be annexed
in the Annexures.
STUDENT ‘s DECLARATION
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This is to certify that I have completed the Project titled “----------”
elsewhere.
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CERTIFICATE OF GUIDE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(For Example Only)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(For Example Only)
(Only brief summary of Project Report)
This project titled, “Terrorist Attack: Its Impact on Indian Tourism” has been
done after an in-depth analysis of tourism industry and consequences of
terrorism on it. In this project, The researcher has studied the major terrorist
attacks in the past and how the world has been suffering from it for a long period
of time and it has been discussed that how these attacks have had serious Social
and Economic implications. A primary data collection has been done through
Questionnaires covering the sample of 29 foreign tourists. Their views about how
they feel touring in India, their likings and dislikings, and the effect of terrorism
on their perception towards India as a tourist destination have been collected
through the questionnaires.
In this report it has been studied the series of terrorist incidents in India and their
short and long term effect on tourism of India. Its effect has also been interpreted
in terms of foreign exchange changes. The tourist inflow for the past two year
(oct-07 to jan-08 and oct-08 to jan09) has been shown and its fall also interpreted.
The project shows various types of tourism being followed in India viz. Medical,
Adventure tourism, wildlife tourism, pilgrimage tourism, eco tourism, cultural
tourism, and heritage tourism. This project is started with the Psychology of the
European or US tourists and what are the factors holding them back from
visiting India.
The Indian government has taken some initiatives to boost tourist inflow like
Incredible India Program, Bed & Breakfast and Buy 2 get 1 free. A brief about
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these programs and how these programs have helped tourism in India has also
been provided.
It has been shown that how the recent terrorist attacks in India (Jaipur, Delhi and
Mumbai) have had a negative impact on tourism.
It is concluded that there was not much effect of terrorism on tourism; rather, the
slump is due to the recession in the western countries. The terrorist attacks
usually have a short to medium term impact.
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Guidelines for Presentation
There are some general rules of presentation which should be adopted by the
students while presenting their presentations. The guidelines and sequence are
as follows:
1. The first slide should contain the topic, name of student and his/her
enrollment number
2. Brief introduction of Industry, Company and topic
3. The objectives of the study
4. The Research Methodology in brief like,
a. Research Design
b. Hypothesis, if any
c. Universe of Study
d. Sources of Data Collection
e. Sampling Procedure, Size, Unit
f. Scope of Study
g. Limitation of Study
h. Duration of Study
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To ensure quality enhancement in presentations by the students, the following
suggestions may be given to the students by their respective mentors.
2. Limit the use of clip art: It is recommended that you use images that
might be more directly related to your presentation, such as logos instead of
using clip arts or irrelevant images.
3. Be quick fingered: Don’t take much time to show the next slide or text
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