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AISSMS- I0M (MBA)

TITLE PAGE PROFORMA

A Project Report

On

"Title of the project"

"at/for

"Name of the organization / company"

By

"Name of the Student"

(Only name, do not mention qualifications)

Under the guidance of

"Name of the faculty"

Submitted to

"University of Pune" In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Through All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society's Institute of Management (MBA) rune
411001

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PAPER NO. 308(A), 308(B), 308(C), 308(D) AND 308(E)

UNIVERSITY GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK

Practical Training and Project Work: Each student shall have to undergo a practical training for
a period of not less than 50 days during the vacation at the end of First Year.

Based on actual training during the vacation, the student shall write a project report on the
topic selected under the guidance of an internal teacher & submit the same to the Director of
the institute before the end of Semester III. The Internal Teacher for 30 marks for internal
assessment shall assess the Project Report. It is only on the basis of a certificate of the
concerned teacher that the project report has been satisfactorily completed, that the student
would be allowed to appear for the examination of the Semester III. There will an external
viva-voce based on the project work at the end of Semester III carrying 70 marks. A panel of
two external referees shall conduct such viva-voce.

The project report is to be prepared by the student and three typed copies are to be submitted
to the Director of the institute. The internal teacher of the subject will duly assess the report
and the marks will be communicated by the Director to the University, along with the marks for
internal evaluation for all other papers.

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ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK FOR MBA SEM III

1. Based on actual training during the vacation, the student shall write a project report on
the topic selected under the guidance of an allotted internal guide and submit a draft copy of
the project report by 31/8/2008. The final report in 3 copies is to be submitted to the Director
of the institute by 30/9/2008, provided it incorporates all the corrections, additions, deletions,
etc. suggested by the internal Project guide & is approved thereafter by the Internal Project
Guide.

2. The Final Project report must also be submitted in SOFT COPY –MS-WORD FORMAT on a CD.
3. Listings should also be submitted.. Every student should also submit 4 typed copies of their
project synopsis. The project should of minimum of 8000 words and maximum 10,000
words. (40-80 pages) The annexure graphs, tables etc. shall not be considered for
calculation of words/pages.
4. The project Synopsis should contain an Introduction to the project, the project scope, reason
for selecting the subject/topic in detail, objectives, methodology and conclusions in brief.
5. The project work should be of such a nature that it could prove useful or be relevant from
the commercial/Management angle. Observation suggestions and conclusions shall form part
of the project
6. The project work will carry 30 marks (internal) and on the basis of the project submitted by
the student there will be an external viva-voce at the end of Sem-III carrying 70 marks.
7. The report will be duly assessed by the internal teacher of the subject and the marks will be
communicated by the Director to the University, along with the marks for internal evaluation
for all other papers. No student will be permitted to appear for Semester III Examination
unless he/she submits the project as required.
8. The project report should be prepared in the prescribed format only.

IMPORTANT:
1. DO NOT simply copy matter from the textbook/web site/annual reports.
2. Students should focus on methodology & analysis.
3. All conclusions and suggestions, recommendations must be supported by the data
collected by you and the analysis thereof.
4. Please meet your project guide for resolving any doubts.
5. DO NOT finalize the report without getting clearance from the project guide.

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SOME GUIDELINES REGARDING THE PROJECT REPORT PREPARATION

a) Number of Copies: The final report in 3 copies is to be submitted to the

Director of the institute. Only on acceptance of draft project report, the student should make
the final copies. One certified copy will be returned to the student.

b) Acceptance Rejection of Project Report: The Institute holds the right to accept the project or
suggest modifications for resubmission.

c) Format of the project report: The students must adhere strictly to the format for the
submission of the project report.

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d) Paper: The Report shall be typed on white executive bond paper, A-4 size for
the final submission. The Report to be submitted to the University of rune must be original
(along with all original certificates) and subsequent copies may be photocopies on any paper.

e) Typing: The typing shall be of Times New Roman, font size 12, 1 V2 spaced and on one side
of the paper only, using black colour only.

f) Margins: The top, right & bottom margins must be 1" with the left margin being 1.5"

g) Binding: Resin bound in black with golden embossing.

h) Front cover: The front cover should contain the following details:
Top: The title in block capital of 6 mm to 15 mm letters.
Center: Full name of the student in block capitals of 6 mm to 10 mm letters.
Bottom: Name of the University, Institute, year of submission all in block capitals of 6
mm to
l0 mm letters on separate lines with proper spacing and centering.

i) Blank sheets: At the beginning and end of the report, two white, black bound papers should
be provided, one for the purpose of binding and other to be left blank. After the first blank
paper, a title sheet similar to the outside cover should be included.

j) Abstract/Synopsis- Every report should have an abstract following the Institute's Certificate.
The abstract should not exceed 800 words.

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CHAPTER SCHEME OF THE PROJECT REPORT

The contents shall follow the preliminary pages and must clearly indicate the serial number,
title of
the chapters, section, sub-section and page numbers. The report should contain the following
Preliminary pages
I. Institute Certificate
II. Certificate from Company
III. Acknowledgements:
IV. Executive Summary / Abstract_
V. List of figures (Note that all figures must carry a figure number & title) VI. List of Tables
(Note that all tables must carry a table number & title)
VII. Nomenclatures and abbreviations
Chapter scheme of the project Report
1. Introduction to the topic, Reason for selecting the topic.
2. Company / Organization Profile.
3. Industry Profile
4. Scope of work, Objectives of the Project Work.
5. Research Methodology.
6. Data Collection
7. Data Analysis
8. Conclusions.
9. Suggestions, Recommendations
10. Limitations
11. Bibliography in the standard international format i.e. Author (s), "Title (in uotes)",
Publisher,
edition, page numbers.
12.References in the standard international format i.e. Author (s), "Title of
the Article (in quotes)", Title of the journal/magazine, issue date &
month, year (e.g. 15th Sept. 2008) page numbers. THE REFERENCES MUST BE
COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS.
13. Students should provide the complete link of the website referred and along with the
date and time when assessed. Do not just mention the address of the search engine.
e.g. http://money.howstuffworks.com/customer-service.htrn assessed on Monday 7th
August 2008, 6:30p.m
14. Annexure (Company Literature, 1 blank copy & 1 filled in copy of each questionnaire

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used, Maps, Sampling frames, etc.)

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Chapter Numbering: Preliminary pages should be numbered as i, ii, iii, iv, etc. The Chapters
shall be numbered in Arabic numerals (1,2,3,...) etc. Section and subsections of any chapters
shall be in decimal notation. (1, 1.1, 1.1.1., etc) All chapters shall be on a new page. The title
for the chapters shall be properly centered at the top of the page. Page numbers (1,2,3) should
be given from the first chapter of the Project till the last page of the report i.e. last page of last
annexure, (including separators used if any). Annexure must carry Roman numbers (I, II, III,
etc.)

DETAILS OF CHAPTER CONTENTS

Company Profile: 3-5 pages- about the history of the organization, its founders, promoters,
vision, mission, quality policy, products; competitors, Important financial/statistical data (sales,
turnover, market Share etc), organization chart, departments, new' projects, awards won etc.

Scope of work, Objectives of the Project Work: 1-2 pages about objectives of the project
work - classified into primary and secondary objectives, a maximum of 45 objectives.

Research Methodology: The research framework, details about the sources of data, primary
and secondary data used for the study, the scope of the study, sample size, sampling technique
used, tools of data collection, surveys, questionnaire, interviews, etc. Statistical Tools used for'
analysis of data, Limitations of the study.

Data Analysis: Presentation of the data collected in tabular and graphical form, its analysis
using various statistical techniques/tools and the interpretation of the data.

Suggestions & Conclusions: Suggestions and conclusions drawn should be practical and
related to the topic of the project. General suggestions and opinions should not be made.
Suggestions should be based on the analysis of the data.

Dr Amod Markale
Director