NO LATE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE

HEAVILY PENALIZED
SINCE THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE, YOU WILL EMAIL ME THE
COMPLETED REPORT ON THE DAY OF SUBMISSION
Report Submission on the last day of MW class 18th Jan

PLAGIARISM WILL BE STRICTLY MONITORED. I WIL BE USING A

PLAGIARISM SOFTWARE. WHILE USING THE PLAGIARISM
SOFTWARE I WILL ALSO CHECK THE % AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO EXCEED MORE THAN (15-20%) IN THE REPORT
I MAINTAIN A DATABASE FOR MY OLD REPORTS. SO PLEASE BE
VERY CAREFUL BEFORE COMMITING ANY SERIOUS PLAGIARISM
ISSUE
FOR PLAGIARISM ISSUE YOU HAVE TO WRITE THE REPORT IN YOUR
OWN WORDS USING YOUR CONCEPT.

Company name will be approved on 24th December (last day)

Report format:
Times new roman
Font 12
Single line spacing
Total report 30- 35 pages
Topics: Chapter 3
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9 (FINAL)
Chapter 11(Communication): from the final syllabus

Individual marking criteria will be used

Group members will divide the topics among themselves based on
their discussion
Group wise they will submit the report together
Company criteria: Choose any existing family business (profit-
making organization)
Conduct a secondary research and a phone interview on the
organization to prepare the report. For covid-19 situation phone
interview is appropriate

Sections:
1) Cover page- no page number (group members name, id,
company name and the topics they have completed otherwise I
will not be clear on which member has completed which part,
since this is an individual grading criteria so be careful)
2) Table of content- no page of number
3) Introduction of the company (maximum one page and page
number will start from this part)
4) Individual topics
Chapter 3
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 11(Communication): from the final syllabus

Please keep in mind that each group member needs to complete

minimum 6 pages in their part otherwise mark will be deducted. At
the end of their part, each student will include a summary (exactly
one page) of their understanding on the topics for that specific
company. Total page limit for individual part is minimum 6 pages.
Summary part is compulsory and important part, without this part
your report score will be penalized

5) Conclusion of the company (maximum one page and page

number will stop in the conclusion part)

IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY GRAPH/CHART/TABLE/ANY PICTURE

WHILE DESCRIBING THE REPORT THEN YOU CAN USE ONLY HALF
PAGE OF GRAPH/CHART/TABLE/ANY PICTURE FOR YOUR
INDIVIDUAL TOPIC. YOU WILL NOT EXCEED MORE THAN HALF PAGE
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PAGE RESTRICTIONS OTHERWISE REPORT
SCORES WILL BE PENALIZED

After conclusion, in the end of the report appendix part will be

included: this is a compulsory part and without appendix part
report will not be accepted. No page number will be used for the
appendix part. Appendix part will include the questionnaire and
reference section

Appendix: Without appendix part (without questionnaire and

reference) report will not be accepted

Questionnaire: Compulsory part of the report

Each member will submit minimum 8-10 questions based on their
individual topics
ON THE TOP OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE TOPIC NAME HAS TO BE
MENTIONED AND IT IS COMPULSORY OTHERWISE QUESTIONNAIRE
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
PLEASE DO NOT COMPILE ALL THE QUESTIONS TOGETHER
QUESTIONNAIRE NEEDS TO BE ON SEPARATE PAGES LIKE FOR 5
MEMEBERS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE ON 5 SEPARATE PAGES WITH
TOPICS MENTIONED ABOVE OTHERWISE QUESTIONNAIRE MARK
WILL NOT BE GIVEN

Questionnaire needs to be a combination of open ended and close

ended questionnaire
Questionnaire example: Open ended question
What do you think about planning? ----------------------------
Or what do you think about managerial functions? ------------------------
In this type of question, no option will be used
If you want to use a close ended style then you need to include
options
Example: Do you think our customer service is beneficial?
1) Agree. 2) Strongly agree. 3) Disagree. 4) Strongly disagree. 5)
Neutral

Reference: It is very important to follow reference guidelines since

this is a secondary research. Each report will have minimum 10
reference sources (if there are 5 members then each member will
mention minimum 2 sources related to topic and it is compulsory)
(If there are 4 members then minimum 8 references will be used
and each member will mention minimum 2 sources related to topic
and it is compulsory)
Without reference section report will not be accepted

PLEASE USE VALID SOURCES FOR REFERENCING, SINCE THERE IS NO

OTHER DATA COLLECTION METHOD; THAT IS WHY VALID SOURCE IS
VERY IMPORTANT AND I WILL CROSSCHECK THE SOURCES. MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CHECK ALL THE REFERENCE SOURCES BEFORE
ADDING THEM IN THE REPORT
FOR REFERENCING INCLUDE THE SCANNED COPY OF TWO VISTING
CARDS OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION
OTHERWISE REFERENCE SECTION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS
INCOMPLETE AND REPORT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
FROM EACH GROUP TOTAL TWO VISTING CARDS (SCANNED COPY)
OF TWO EMPLOYEES NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX
SECTION

Reference guideline: FOLLOW APA FORMAT FOR

REFERENCING (IF POSSIBLE)